Chapter Fifty-four

Friends Forever

~Orion~

I opened my eyes and all I could see were trees. Is this where we come when we die? I ask myself. I felt pain in my feet, I could not move them. But the dead feel no pain.

"You have woken up. You scared me. I thought you had died."

That was Gabriel's voice. What was he doing here? Was he dead too? But he would not have said he thought I was dead, right?

I turn my face towards the direction of the voice. " Gabriel, where are we? Are you dead too?"

His laugh echoed through the forest. "Dead! We are fine."

"How? I was in a room engulfed in flames."

"Let's say I arrived at the right time. I heard all your conversations. Tristan and Sofia were with you in the room. I came to ask you how you were fairing with the preparation for the ritual. But I couldn't help but listen to what was going on in your chambers. It was when I perceived the smoke of burning fabrics and wood that knew I had to come in to save you. So I broke the door."

"Does everyone know what happened