Chapter 2
CHAPTER TWO
He floated in the darkness, neither asleep nor awake but somewhere in between.
Brief flashes of sensation washed over him—a familiar warmth followed by an icy chill.
Fragments of what might have been memories or might have been dreams. Soaring into a clear blue sky.
Wide stretches of once green land now turned dusty orange.
Crouching behind a rock as explosions filled the air.
A battle of some kind, although everything about it felt strange and unfamiliar, wrong in some way he couldn’t explain.
More sensations returned. Hands. Fingers.
Fingers that didn’t feel right somehow. Something cradling his body, warm and protective.
No, that wasn’t right. He didn’t need to be protected.
I am the protector. A sudden spike of pain shot through his head at the thought, and the flash of knowledge disappeared.
His consciousness flickered, dimming once again as darkness swept over him.