Woke Up

As Ember watched the entire thing unfold over and over again like a broken nightmare, she was struck by the same resonating pain, and she wanted to reach out to her. 

Was it out of pity? She had no idea. All she wanted to do was to comfort the woman. She felt like she could do something to lessen the pain of that woman…

Ember didn't just have tears, soft cries gradually left her mouth as she sobbed at the suffering of the green-eyed woman bound in chains. And when the bolts of lightning struck her, causing her body to perish—

"No…"

Her hands clutched on the blanket covering her, as if she too was trying to resist that scorching agony, yet her entire body was unable to move, paralysed beyond her control.