PROLOGUE
Prologue
“ Luca ......” a voice echoed .
Juliet woke up , with a start . Her head felt dizzy . Everywhere it was blackness . A faint light could be seen , far way , glowing in its blue hue . That was all Juliet could see. She tapped her head . The pain that was lingering there only sharpened. She stood up , her legs breaking down from her weight. Soon the vision reappeared . She started to walk towards the light . It was the only thing she could even do . 10 steps . 100 steps . A shape appeared. The darkness was carving its way as she took each step forward. The light glowed more now . Her hands were shaking but she kept going on . Juliet rubbed her hands . Tingles appeared on her skin. Something was visible . A silhouette appeared . A man .
A dark hooded figure brooding there as if it was waiting for her . Deep hood covered his face . He had a stick with the lamp on it and a scythe.
“ Hello , Can you please tell me wh...where I am ? ” Juliet whispered .
The darkness around him seemed different. More daunting .
Intimating.
She took a deep step forward , and so did he , backward .
Juliet breathed out .
“ He's scared , I need to help him and myself out of here ”Juliet thought .
She took a step forward .
Slower.
Gentler .
And she raised her hand to touch his sychte .
“ Luca .....” the same voice whispered again .
Juliet chewed her inside of cheek and touched the sycthe. The man , took out his hand . Blacked from outside with cuts as if he was fighting a war . His hand was firm , not like Juliet's. Juliet thought for a moment . She breathed out and took his hand , warm and cold at the same time . Juliet felt the something alive inside her , go out of the shell. The blackness suddenly wrapped it's cloak around her and devoured her .
Blink.
A light flashed to her face, blue and weak . The darkness from the man shifted to her .
“Where exactly are we , do you know ? ” her voice pleaded , nearing to tears .
The hooded head , nodded . He moved his head , slightly upwards .
“ I'm death .” his voice said with infinite emptiness inside him . Like it was memorized . Like he was tired of it all.
“ No ...No ... no this can't happen ...noo...” Juliet screamed .
The God seated Himself on his chair and took out something. Juliet could see a faint outline of a book . The God engrossed itself, but first asked Juliet a question gravely , “ Do you remember anything ? ”
Juliet was surprised . A moment passed . God waited . Juliet slowly shook her head .
The God started flipping the pages, one by one , hurrily . He flipped the last page .
“ Do you recollect anything now ? ” he asked his voice mocking her .
Juliet thought hard and deep. Slowly images appeared.
Fight.
Alaric.
Arena.
Friends.
Camping.
Kelvin.
She had everything but she lost it . Her memories had returned . She felt something alive running on her skin. Something that expressed her . She sat there and waited. Crying . Waiting for it all to end like a dream . But it didn't. Something moved around her.
The God stood up and took his hand out . Gentle this time .
“ Do you have any last wish ?” he asked
Juliet was startled . A wish ? What could she asked for that hurted her less . She thought and waited .
“ Can I live.....no wait , it would hurt me again , can I revisit all the moments from where it began till the end ? ” her voice begging for something that would ... give her something. Give her ..contentment .
“ One last time , I want to revisit it all ”
The God seemed to think. Nobody had ever asked like this . Should he just....he glanced at Juliet and saw something. Something he had never seen in someone.
HOPE
The pleading eyes seemed to do its magic. In the end ,
He nodded .
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