Chapter 87: Dead and Gone

Frederick "Talia, please," he said, touching her shoulder. She turned around and tackled him into a hug, weeping into his shoulder. "I feel wrong about this," she said. "What happens to you too? I can't lose another family member that I love," she said. "Come back to me." "I will," Frederick replied, pulling away from the hug and playing with his sister's dark red hair. How he had missed it. How he had missed her. "Once I'm done stopping the war, I will come back," he said. "I promise," he added, planting a kiss on her forehead. He gave a small, awkward side hug to Lyra and then left the room with Avario walking beside him and Gabriel. Gabriel led both of them to a car. In front of it stood Frederick's friends from the second division. "Mikhail!" Frederick called, smiling and waving. "It's good to see you," Mikhail said enthusiastically. "It's good to see you too," Frederick said as he clasped his shoulders. Frederick turned around and gave a fake salute to Avario, who returne