Brothers at War (Part 2)

At first, Orpal bonding with the Horseman had filled Trion with hope, thinking that his older brother would turn himself in and expose Night in order to defend their family.

Then, after Trion had realized Orpal's true intentions, hope had turned into a rage and hatred so powerful that they had kept him sane during all that time. For over one year Trion had been forced to helplessly watch his once esteemed older brother slaughter innocents just for the fun of it.

Now that he was close to Lith, however, he had clung to the thin chain between them and accepted the power that Lith unconsciously emitted along with his desire to slay Orpal.

A wish that Trion was willing to fulfill.

"Trion, baby, is it really you?" The fear from her current predicament disappeared from Elina's mind as the grief and pain from the death of her secondborn resurfaced.

"Yes, Mom. It's really me."