𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕕 - a completely empty space
"I'm trapped in the darkness." She whispered into his ear.
His arms slipped around her waist, heart aching for her. "I know exactly how you feel."
Her breath hitched, heart skipping a beat. "You do?"
"It's lonely...
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"Senator Aurum,"
Aerol stood up by his daughter's bedside, hope in his eyes as he looked to the doctor. "On with it!"
The doctor gently sighed, looking to the sleeping child who was currently connected to cords and machines. "There... is unfortunately not much I can do. Your daughter inhaled too much smoke—"
"You're a doctor!" Aerol stomped a foot. "Surely there is something you can do!"
"The ventilator is the only thing keeping her breathing right now, sir. We could of course perform an organ transplant but without a lung donor fit for a small child—"
Aerol angrily walked up to the doctor, fists clenched. "I don't give a damn what you have to do to save her, just do it. Go on!"
The doctor shuffled out of the room, leaving Aerol alone with Zae. He looked over to his sick child, tears gathering in his eyes. He couldn't lose another loved one to a fire, the universe couldn't be that cruel, could it?
If Zae couldn't pull through, then her death would be on his hands— and despite him being a cruel, absolute piece of filth, monster— he would never forgive himself for that.
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