170 THE PAST

I am standing in the ashes of who I used to be.

-Angel on fire. By: Halsey-

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Raine shifted her eyes from Torak and stared back at the stone. The stone was still glowing in golden colored light. But then, the rich golden colored light slowly lost its glimmer, and turned gloomy.

That dimmed, gloomy light affected Raine's surroundings. She found herself behind a different environment. It was no longer the soft white mist from which she was looking out their presence. Instead of the soft white mist, it was now becoming something that seemed to be a surface of murky water.

Raine doubted her vision when it suddenly turned dark, just like when someone was shutting down the lamp inside the spacious room, then closed all its windows. She was confused, whether it was because she was closing her eyes, or the darkness was in the middle of engulfing her body wholly.