Encountering Death [4]

She looked nothing like the person he used to know, but he didn't have a doubt in his mind that it was her.

Her deep blue hair was uncommon in the underworld. And, more importantly, nobody would ever mistake dragon horns for anything else.

The person he saw in the enemy camp was indeed Artemia, but she wasn't in a situation like his.

She wasn't fighting for them.

Rather, she was chained to a pole in the middle of a tent that was quite far separated from the rest of the camp.

She looked miserable. She was much skinnier than she had ever been before, and her eyes had a cold look to them that made Horus shiver.

"Artemia, wake up!"

Her eyes were open, but he shouted at her to awaken as he rushed over and undid her chains.

"Can you recognize me?"

He waved his hand in front of her face. Slowly, her gaze became less hazy, but when she locked eyes with him, her expression didn't change much.

"Horus."