Mourning

Aref felt her slip away. The cup he had in his hand slipped out of his fingers as a sharp pain shot through his heart. He didn't need to ask to know. She was really gone.

But why was it happening at that moment? Wasn't it a year earlier ? He felt numb all over. He wanted to cry but there was no tear to shed.

He would have screamed into space yet he couldn't find his voice. All he knew was that it was suffocating. 

Feeling pain yet unable to express it. Only then did he have a glimpse of how Lily felt during the ritual. 

In her own words, she described it as being unable to channel the pain and express it. Like her senses were all turned off. 

She had no voice to scream, no tears to shed, no strength to hold on or let go. Such types of emotion made me feel as though they were on the verge of life and death.

His eyes were wide open taking in his features. Looking at the blood flowing through his veins, he had a wish.