Gone Mad

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"What is it, Mama?" Helena asks, becoming more concerned by the second Nisha is not answering her question. "Mama?"

Nisha is startled and redeems by smiling. "Oh, uh. . . it's nothing strange, sweetie," she says just to cease the child's worrying. "I'm gonna go out and see what's going on. Both of you stay here and don't come out just yet, okay?"

"Okay," Helena nods while Maya is cleaning her aunt's face with a damp towel.

A covert deep breath Nisha takes before leaving the domain. She wishes that the thought she has turns out to be false. Then the first thing she gets after leaving the domain is tumbling down on the ground. Kai has gone far away, rampaging across the meadow. Fields have been decimated with craters and ridges. His laugh is making Nisha's skin crawl as she remembers the time when Kai almost killed her. Now, it is happening again.

"No. . .," she mutters to herself.