บท 223: 223. He's alive.

At that moment, everything around her had slowed down. Every sound had disappeared once again, the only thing that still moved rapidly and sounded overly loud was her heart.

It couldn't be… she repeated those words in her head.

How could it be? She asked herself.

But dear goddess let it be… She prayed that prayer in her heart. She would give everything she owned to make this illusion real.

He took a step further closer to her, the lights around her illuminating him, her eyes shook, her pupils dilated. Her fingers trembled and her knees could not hold her.

She staggered.

Her lips parted not because she had any words to say but because she had forgotten how to close them. Again she staggered as her trembling hands rose and clasped over her mouth. Her breathing ceased and continued, then ceased again.