Richard didn't know what was happening to him. He went from being cold and freezing all the time, beginning with the icy coldness that made him numb, to burning in hell. He really didn't know which one was worse. Both were equally painful.
For a moment, he had come to believe he was in fact in hell, being punished for his sins. He would never see his daughters again. Where they safe now? Did they find each other?
He had often heard Corinna from a distance and seen a man with her. He looked like a dragon and he seemed to want to save him. A few days later, he thought he heard Ravina's cry. After a while, he became sure it was her and his lungs screamed, his body fighting to open his eyes, move, or do anything to see her again.