Evgeni lay on the ground with his eyes open. Lobelia lay beside him, unconscious with her blighted wings. The blight had started reaching her face and her contract mark on her arm "Lobelia," Evgeni called out but she didn't reply. He touched her face and the blight reached his arm.

"Evgeni," He heard someone call his name. He looked up and saw a tombstone. It was where Aleksei had buried the ashes of Laura. He stared at it for a while and closed his eyes. He heard the voices of a wagon and slowly an image formed in his head. He sat with two people inside a wagon.

"Feline, can...