The forest took Reika’s child.

No... I took Reika’s child.

I was there when it happened.. when her scream shattered the night sky and folded the world in on itself. I held her trembling and rigid body, stained with blood and grief, her pain was carved into me like a second heartbeat. I had never seen death arrive so silently, or with such cruelty.

And it was all my fault, it was all because I wanted to follow a path that was never mine to begin with... Love.

After that night, something ...