h smoke. A tall jade mountain that seemed to touch the sky stood in front of her with rivers surrounding it. She saw peop

d around,

I?" she

rop on what the peopl

the Great Demon will be kil

hivering. The words echoed in h

ating space between them. They a

r men carried a large wooden chair, and

g white hair, and red ey

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man sitting on the chair wasn't human, he was looking throu

ting at her. "She wi

body st

no

ng, but she had to get away. Her heart was beating so

ed murmuring wi

" someone

punished!"

amed, struggling, but the guards were too strong. They dragged h

thereby sentenced to deat

ed up at the demon, who was still sitting on his

" he comma

raised th

ezed her

s how

ir, a powerful wind that scattered du

as he stepped forward and his bod

elve hours under the sun, an

sped in

late!" s

got yourself into t

d get me ou

ruck the ground between Jane and the g

Jane's wrist and p

demon shouted in anger.

rds came

t?" she asked, b

ed. "I... I

ng . "What? You ca

smile. "I thought I'd j

ed. "Are y

ng toward Kael. Jane's body moved on its own. She

pain shot throu

sticking out of her side. B

eyes

an

apsed int

her pale face, then at the sword buried i

. The wind blowe

crackled and The gro

ng everything in its path

world began

mbled. The sk

ne close, touc

m his fingers, sealin

fine," he

t him, her vision

rsed painting that trapped them was burning also . If the

s energy was nearly gone.

with the last of his strength, thr

of her room and The pai

and stood o

ae

owhere t

ay every trace of the world inside

o.

ce spoke b

s he's t

round. It was

are

as

se and I'm a guardian

him out?" Jane

you can save him, I warned him it'd be dangerous but he chose not to listen. We might have powers which

bout everything Kael had said, e

he rem

act," she

r allow her to die as long

o the top of a tall building. The wind was

eyes and took

e to die," she said, her vo

she j

her ears. The ground

n she s

as fl

t familiar, Jane turned her head and Kael

l into

nt, there

grip on he

ng like that?" he asked,

im, her eyes soft.

a good person. You saw me try to kill people twice. I want to

Jane interrupted, her

l f

Strange. His chest ached, not from pa

it hap

um

choed through his bo

p. T

rt was

had been nothing more than cold, lifeless st

nly stare at her, at the woma

es echoed through the

ty 's heart shall

om again, like a f