Perfect Enemy
...Ninth Part: Dark...
Krad...
The look in his eyes was unbearable. There wasn't just one emotion there – there were several. Sadness, betrayal, longing. He was still wondering why this was happening. The look hit me like a physical attack. The ache was so horrible, like nothing I had ever felt before.
It's not me...
I didn't lie about loving him. He wasn't a waste of my time. I wanted to reach out to him, now. I wanted to pull him into my embrace and make him understand. None of this was right.
Our lives were being destroyed.
And now Krad was fighting back. The glare of the magic building up in his hands seemed to reflect everything he felt. It was painful to look at.
Krad, don't... I do love you. I love you forever...
But he couldn't hear me. There was a blinding explosion of golden light – painful, powerful light that had no hope of being dodged – and Niwa was thrown off of the building, plummeting to the street below. And before we lost consciousness, I heard Krad's voice, screaming garbled nothing at me and the sound faded to sobbing. It tore at my heart, that sound. I forgot all the pain of the several broken bones in my body. My chest ached horribly, and that was the last thing I felt before slipping under.