No regret

***At Chemora - Several earth-hours after Mira's birth***

Kiara lay on the ground. Her crimson feathers scattered all over the ground. Torn and plucked mercilessly as they slowly lost their colours and then withered away in front of her eyes.

He had left her for dead.

Kiara could still not believe it.

The one whom she had once loved so dearly. The one who was the father to her child.

As she tried to move a little, blood spilled out through her mouth and nose.

It seemed like she had broken her rib cage in that fight. She knew her powers were nothing compared to his.

" Kiara, why are you making me do this? " He flung her across as if she was nothing more than a mere insect.

Kiara was no ordinary mage, yet she was the most vulnerable, the most helpless at the moment.

His hands extended, his dark powers formed a circular grip around Kiara's neck and the diameter of the ring slowly compressed.

" Kill me! Just kill me already! " Kiara yelled through her pain, locking her eyes direc