43 - Answers

~Sebastian’s Point of View~

I truly didn’t know what the fuck anything was anymore. Was up really down? What does anything really mean?

My brain was too wired to do anything but go a million miles a minute, and I felt close to a short circuit. I'd just witnessed what seemed like the spirit of a human being leave his body and go into another. But as a warlock I knew it was more than a spirit, it was his essence, his magic.

I held my brother, my best friend and my leader… as the younger version of himself lay dead across his lap. Godfrey had to leave me, to help in the fight which seemed to be dying down.

“Any word on Sofia,” one of the guardians asked.

I finally lifted my head from Ben’s shoulder, his limp body not moving in the slightest.

“I haven’t a clue,” I said, nearly in a whisper. He nodded and disappeared.

If Ben dies, I die. In theory I know I should take over, become the leader our people will need. But I can’t. I’m a warrior, not a bureaucrat, not a politician. Ben i