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I had expected burn marks or fire on my skin when I walked through fire, I was safe. Unharmed. It was surprising because it would have been so easy for the enemy to harm me right now when I was vulnerable. Perhaps the enemy is much more stronger than we had expected. No fear of my full strength only shows that the enemy doesn’t care about my strength.

The ground was calm, silent. I walked forward, there was nothing in the sight until suddenly, I saw it.

The oak tree.

My knees buckled, my hands started to shiver. The panic that burst through my form was blinding and crippling. Why this. Why again?

For a moment I was awashed with the sense of dread that took my breaths and senses away.

“...no.” a whisper left my lips.

I was expecting everything but this. I had never thought that the night I had become an orphan will resurface to make me a widow.

With trembling legs, I walked forward. My eyes searched for Alessio desperately. At first, he was nowhere in sight. No trace of any living b