twenty-six

Opal's Point of view

I feel the pain in my chest. It was agonizing. Looking down, I see all the blood. The taste in my mouth became metallic. I start coughing, and everything goes black, even the sound of Rriel's frantic screaming.

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The world is spinning when I wake up. Everything was so blurry, it was like I was looking through glasses that I didn't need. I try to get up and grab my head in pain. I whimper, feeling the overwhelming pain.

"You must rest," I feel Rriel's hand on my arm.

"What happened?" I manage to say.

"Dad, she needs more magic for pain," he yells. I see the king by my side. He grabs my arm, and I instantly feel better.

"Rriel, what happened?"

"You were shot, and you died," he tells me.

"What?" I feel like my whole world is flipped upside down.

"I use powerful magic to bring it back to life." He tells me.

"How?"

"A life for a life," he says, looking away.

" Who's life?" I feel anger boiling inside me. I would never take anyone's life for mine.