"So are you doing to help me or not?" Cherry asked Coral.
Coral stood there and eventually came back to reality.
"I'm going to help." Coral said.
"Wise decision." Cherry said as she returned back to searching through her things.
She pulled out different drawers and rummaged through them.
Where had she put it?
Then she looked beneath her desk and saw it.
She pushed a panel in the wall, revealing an open.
She put her hand in and pulled out a small bottle.
It was a vial.
Bound in blood.
Something she had kept for rainy days and meant for summoning.
She hadn't used it in years—had sworn she never would again. But if she was going down, she wasn't going alone.
"I gave everything for this kingdom," she whispered, slicing her palm open and letting the blood drip onto the vial. "And if they want war… I'll give them one."
The candles in her chamber flickered.
And somewhere far away, something ancient stirred.
Coral gasped as she wrapped her arms around her.
