A Good Place

A little less than five hundred hunters surrounded them, following the commands of their leader. Luna felt the world spin around her, but in the dizziness coming from being slammed by the mask, she saw the familiar back that always protected her.

"Rami, is that you?" muttered Luna from behind the mask, her azure eyes filling with tears. "I abandoned you in Xeloria, but you came back to save me?"

"Your job is not to save me, but mine is to save you," said Ramiel as he turned toward her with sadness. "I just wish I had the strength to protect you from all suffering, but I am weak, Miss Luna."

"Don't say that about yourself," said the masked woman, whose tears fell despite the strong front she exhibited earlier, as she caressed his back. "My fate has already been sealed. I shall always be destined as an object of desire or sacrifice, especially by my family."