Chapter 142: Ch140. Home, sweet home (5) - One year
The world around and beneath Miles broke as soon as Mara’s words reached his ears.
"W-what...?" His voice cracked.
Before Mara could say anything else, though, Miles was sprinting, his mind reeling through memories and desperation.
"MILES!?" Mara’s voice echoed behind him, but Miles did not listen. He turned and turned, faster, wilder, confused and terrified.
The hallway around him blurred, Miles’ heart loud in his ears. Somewhere in the distance, lanterns flickered, casting dancing shadows against the rusted walls. His boots dragged as he moved, each step heavier than the last.
’No! It can’t be!’ He slammed into a wall, too fast to stop, but he barely flinched. He just kept going until he finally saw the first of those glyphs, glowing in red and eerily familiar.
One more turn, two, then three, and he was at the door of the Archivist’s study once more, after that long month he spent both in the Horizon and Wonderland.
Without even thinking, he slammed the door open, and Sarissa turned as fast as one could blink, her sword at the ready, prepared to face anything that could come at her – like she always had been.
By her side, Diego turned along, slightly slower than her, and the entire room was drowned in deafening silence.
Miles felt like his heart was being mercilessly crushed within a vice, and before anyone could do or say anything, he fell to his knees.
"I-... Dee, what happened to you...?" He muttered, his voice barely above a whisper. "I-I should’ve been here... I should’ve never left..."