ember hadn’t meant to get distracted. isn’t that always the way these things go? we never mean for things to end up the way that they do, no one wants to take responsibility for the choices they make and the actions they take that lead to them being in an unfortunate situation.
he had been trying to find royce and dem again, if he could find them, then everything would be okay, if he could find them, then he could ground himself once more in a real life purpose, protecting them from the dangers that lurked in the arena.
and then music played, and it was the sweetest song ember had ever heard.
it had been the first time ember had heard music since entering the arena, and it beckoned him to walk further away from where he suspected his two allies were, to walk closer and closer to the source of the sound.
he was captivated, hypnotized, overtaken by the melody, that he lost complete sense of where he was and what he was doing. all that existed was him, and the music, and nothing else. // @laurelscrowned
