THE PRICE OF POWER

[A few hours earlier]

"This place..."

"It can't be..."

Liam found himself standing on a desolate road with a church in front of him. There was nothing but darkness around him. The dim candlelight on the side of the church's stairs was the only thing illuminating the surrounding with a warm glow. Liam was very familiar with that place.

[Crreeek] Liam pushed the door open and stood at the entrance with a shocked expression. In front of him, he was holding Selena in his arms, screaming for help and trying to stop her bleeding chest with his shirt.

"Noo..."

"Why do I have to witness her death once again?"

"Why do I have to suffer over and over again?"

Liam stumbled to the floor. His greatest regret, which he tried to bury deep inside his heart, was in front of him. Even after an eternity of fighting and witnessing countless deaths, Liam couldn't forget her. Her face, blue eyes, scarlet hair, soothing voice, and touch, she was the only one he ever loved.