Rent Asunder

The girl’s eyes were deep green, filled with tears and helplessness. He could see the fear she held for him and his own pain reflected in them. He desperately wanted to let her know that she’d done nothing wrong, it wasn’t her fault, but he couldn’t speak. It took all his strength to concentrate on her, to try and make her somehow understand this without words; whilst all around the noises of destruction and violence filled the air.

But he needed her to know, it seemed the only thing he could do, to try and ease the pain of the one child he could comfort, while all around them the other children screamed and died. It was his fault, it was all his fault. A fresh wave of pain hit him and he gasped, unable to hide it anymore. The girl grabbed his hand “I’m sorry Merlin, I am sorry, please...” but he did not hear what she had to say. He could not keep it at bay anymore; he succumbed to it, the pain, the fear and the nightmares...