Episode 7 – l Bond (2/2)

Her hair spread out and twirled like it was being blown by the wind It danced with the brandits movements For a moment, he could swear that he saw strands of her hair flash white Her eyes burned brightly, her black irises widening slightly into dia back and alhts

Abruptly, the brand grew larger and enveloped both of the their bodies like a snake Everything the brand touched tingled, it was both burning and chilling, painful and pleasurable It was an otherworldly feeling

The world faded out in front of Kiel's eyes, it ceased to exist in his mind

There was just Elaru, hiic between them

Kiel felt the roots of the spell grow deep inside his core, branching and spreading until he could feel it from his heart all the way down to the tips of his toes

The brand sang an eerie, ethereal melody, Kiel felt like he had heard it before, but at the sa it for the first tiinating from the bond, it could have been a sensation or a ain

His heart beat erratically, reacting to thewith the rhythm of the brand Was that even his heartbeat? He could swear that he felt Elaru's heart beating side by side with his own Kiel felt her hot breath on his skin even though they weren't that close to each other He could hear and feel every contraction of her lungs He felt the heat waves rolling off her body as if they were his own

His nose picked up an odd barely-noticeable scent It tingled his senses,he had smelled before, he had no words to describe it, the closest words he could coic was not so that could be smelled

Kiel felt his whole body react and reach to the brand, wanting to absorb it, to make it his, to make it a part of him He didn't feel like he was in control of his own actions anymore

The skin on the right side of his body was searing and burning The sensation spreading fro up to his shoulder Then swirling around his neck onto his face When it reached his eyes, he felt so ca forward from a s faster and faster, flickering up and down, growing and burning even brighter with each new flicker It was as if never before opened floodgates had opened for the first ti into hi his every cell into the cool fluid

It was a feeling that he could never e to describe ords

A feeling which only grew more painful and pleasurable at the same time

It was thrilling and horrifying, entrancing and enchanting It was a feeling neither of theet

The entire phenomena lasted only a few short seconds but to them it seemed to last forever The time seemed to warp and twist like the brand

As the spell stamped itself deep inside Kiel's body, mind, and soul, the brand e in their ears, and their lungs contracted painfully Their heartbeat suddenly turned deafeningly silent

Kiel could feel a sudden wave offace to face at death, like every second could be his last

And then the brand exploded in a coht particles which made their entire bodies shake

Their vision flickered and blurred

Soed forever Kiel felt like all his senses were in overdrive Like he was seeing - feeling the world clearly for the first ti in every leaf and strand of grass He could feel little wyr of sht

Kiel felt a strange coe part of hi; the key for his lock

He could feel its closeness, he felt that he could grasp it, touch it It was so close! Still, it was strangely out of his reach He felt complete yet incomplete at the same time

It was a

Kiel no longer felt like Kiel He no longer felt… halnean He felt like he had beco else

The old Kiel died at that hts

It was utterly terrifying

And it was utterly beautiful