55. The Storm

The door of the cottage opened at his knocking. He was honestly surprised after knowing pretty much his whole life that nobody lived on that island, except for the elementals and their pets. 

The drops of the storm were hitting his head hard. Large and cold drops of water that announced the coming of something bigger. Something you could hear approaching. 

Storms in Onerea were not the same as in his dimension, and he knew. That was not the first one he spent there, and yet they were still surprising.

The monster in front of him opened the way, and Dom was allowed a peek inside of his house. He was unsure about going in or not. 

He doubted what he was looking for was within those walls, but the guy's words still hit him.

"We were expecting you," he said. Dom's mind went to all the unexpected feelings that phrase gave him, still not looking inside until he heard something.

"Hello, Dominik."

He immediately recognized the