Chapter 61: That Glitters is Not Gold Part 4

Opening his eyes again, Noe finds himself back at the ditch that Daniel had fallen into after the nightly massacre of Daniel's family. Due to their heightened intimacy, Noe can almost feel every speck of dirt that brushes against Daniel's skin, channel Eris' sobs that tear through Daniel, and the debilitating shame washing over him.

Where anguish curled around Daniel just moments ago, humiliation smiles its face at him.

How could he fail to save his mother? His stepfather? Remain and fight beside his father? Above all, Daniel is ashamed at the terror ravaging his senses. Daniel cannot move a muscle in fear that the blonde haired being might hear him and kill them too, ringing overtaking his ears and parchment rustling in his mouth.