Chapter 196. He's Safe

Olive shifted a little way off, so all the fire could be for her Wayne alone. She felt hot tears stinging her eyes, and she let them fall. Wayne had to make it. Her Wayne had to come back to her.

The Ignis Fatuus had no heat at all, so she wasn’t afraid of him being burned because of the way he was engulfed.

“He’ll be fine now, Flamera,” Lutz whispered to her. Her Guard had come to stand firmly behind her to show their support.

A few minutes after Calor began administering his Ignis Fatuus, he stopped. Wayne was revealed there on the black soot ground. He was motionless. He would have looked lifeless if not for the gentle thudding of his heart and the color of his face. He looked peaceful, whole, alive.

Olive gently walked to him and knelt. She cradled his face in her palms and felt his skin. She broke into happy tears. He was safe