Chapter 60: The Worst of Firsts Came

[TAMIKO]

"Are you familiar with this handwriting?" Tamiko asked barely a few minutes later when he saw his best friend again. He had rushed there and with his cyan speed, what should have taken him ten minutes, took him two.

"What is this?" Galya asked, her voice testing as she looked at the letter carefully. She recognized the handwriting so well and she wished she did. It was one that she had seen more than once and was way too familiar with.

"So… Do you recognize the handwriting? Or even the scent on it?" Tamiko asked, even though he already knew the answer, and was trying to confirm it.

"Tamiko—"

"Yes or no, Galya?"

"Yes… It belongs to—" Galya began, only to be interrupted by the long bell of Grealor. It was the one bell that almost never rang, but when it did ring, it meant that shit had gone sideways for them.