Closer Together

Bailong had heard somewhere that death matures you. Death of beasts was a rare event. Usually a three to four generations of the family lived together. But that was for common folks. In a royal family, kin would kill kin for power or perish in war. In his family, he always considered, there were four people.

When he thought Qinglong died, he knew he couldn’t continue living anymore. The time between when he saw the dagger in Qinglong’s heart and when Qinglong woke up in his body, he barely remembered.

As he closed the distance to Sevir, surrounded by hyenas, all he could think about was the dagger in Qinglong’s chest. If he had not been a coward, if he had not submitted to the words of his mother, just because she had visions, if he had given it his all, if… The answer was clear, he would have died together with Qinglong.

And yet, the regret buried deep down in his heart did not relent one bit.

Qinglong called, “Bai. Let me.”