CHAPTER 10--------XANTHORIA.

'Push... Push harder' the voices in Malina's head screamed. Malina slowly opened her eyes and saw a translucent light ahead of her. She stood and walked towards the bright light. So bright was the light that even royalty as pure as her couldn't bear to see it. For sure if Batista came near it, he'd burn.

Malina looked around her and listened to the chirping sounds of the birds. A rarity in the current Xanthoria. Malina sighed and sat down at the stump of one of the trees.

"Hello there." a male voice said, calling out to her. Malina looked up and squinted her eyes at the passer by.

"Russell?" She asked, standing up quickly. Tears formed at the base of her eyes and she blinked them away. "What are you doing in Xanthoria?"

"Dear wife, you're confused. This isn't Xanthoria. It's Xanthoma." Russell said, wrapping his masculine arms around Malina's small frame. Malina's head snapped at this. Xanthoma was the hereafter. Where all dead Xanthorians go.

"Am I dead? I can't be!" Malina yelle