“Just leave me alone! Go away!”

“What’s…” reaching out his hand to caress her face, “wrong?”

“Don’t touch me!!!” there was an edge of hysteria in her voice as she recoiled from him, “Don’t touch me, ever again. Everything you touch, meets its ruination. I do not wish to be pushed further down that road than you’ve already placed me, Rynan.”

“I don’t understand, my love,” taking a step back., “why have you changed so? What was the extent of their judgement?”

Tears started to slide down her face as she looked around, fear was in her voice, “Please, go. Ruination and chaos will surely show thanks to your presence here. Please, my lovely Rynan, leave… You cannot remain here any longer. If you do, the outcome will not be favorable, for either of us.”

“Why can’t you go with me? We can surely get out of here, just as easily as I’ve made it in here. Come, take my hand. We will go somewhere, away from all this.”

Taking out his outstretched hand, she stood up. “Where shall we go?”

“We shall go-“

“How about nowhere?” the voice called out from the small distance behind him “Well, thank you for being so obliging and saving me the trouble of finding you Rynan.”

Clutching her hand tightly, Rynan turned around, his heart sank by what he saw.

“Why the shocked expression, can’t give a proper greeting to an old friend, a battle-brother?”

Anger seethed out in the words through his clenched teeth, “You arranged this? You did this to her? Why the betrayal?”

“Because it must be done. This is how it must be played out, brother…”