Hope POV - Tuesday night / early morning

"Really?! And then you said I have a bunch of stories." Samantha smiled, interested.

"So, we were hunting a Stone Giant Spectre corrupted by Tartarus ash." I started to tell her, closing my eyes, and remembering what happened. "Obviously, despite the training in the Northern Kingdom, I hadn't learned that much of a lesson." I laughed low. "He was trying to overcome the barrier between the world above to the Mekai. There was a small gap between the plans, so we were chasing him, and although I heard the order to retreat, I didn't follow it. After all, it was too good...