Chapter 31

I was standing in an endless field of golden flowers. My white cape flowing in the wind, swaying with the glowing cosmos surrounding me. The sky was a dark purple, with black clouds scattered throughout it. I was in the underworld, in the field of soul blossoms just outside of my wife’s home kingdom. I looked down at the flowers, listening to the souls as they blissfully sang with the wind. I was searching for something. For a specific soul…the soul of an immortal who was granted a blessing from Ishtar in the mortal realm. I was searching for a soul who had not passed very long ago…the soul of my mother…

“Al…” I could barely hear a familiar voice calling out to me. “…bert!...Al….bert!” I was suddenly struggling to breathe and reached out to the voice. “ALBERT!” Nocturne screamed my name.

“AH!” I gasped for air as I shot up in bed, crashing into Nocturne. She fell back into my lap, and I instinctively grabbed her so she would not fall backwards. I was brea