Brighter Than Nine (Darker By Four #2)

Chapter 72 Rui

Rui

The world had gone silent.

There was no one else but the two of them. Tears streaming down her cheeks; him, dying in her arms.

A tinkling sound drifted in the air, and a series of chimes, like that from an old grandfather clock, sounded.

Five long ones. A pause. Then more chimes. Each a short chirp.

Once, twice, thrice. Four times.

And as his body crumbled to dust and her heart shattered to pieces, she thought she saw him smile.