Chapter 66

"Follow your star and you will never fail

to find your glorious port," he said to me"

-Dante Alighieri

Blood poured out of Ricky's neck and I saw him going down, all in slow motion. I screamed and got to him when the fire vanished, lost in complete havoc and despair. Zara stood up, dropping her deadly weapon, squeezing her eyes shut. A second later she screamed, tangling her hair in some sort of unexplained rage, rolling herself on the ground.

No, no, this couldn't have happened. Ricky is too strong to die in here.

I was beside him, trying to stop the bleeding while he rasped for oxygen. For the first time since I'd known him, I also saw pure electrifying fear in his eyes. Ricky must have just realised that he wasn't going to make it back to earth in one piece.