Aiden's consciousness split from his body just as he died.
For a brief moment, everything went dark. Then light flooded back in, but it was fragmented and distorted.
Scenes played backward before his eyes. He watched himself fall from the sky in reverse. He saw Samael pull the Longinus out of his chest, then stab it back in. The spear withdrew completely, and Aiden's body flew upward, healing as it went.
The battle continued in reverse. Attacks unmade themselves. Dragons flew backward through the air. Samael's transformation reversed, his single black wing splitting back into six.
Faster and faster the scenes rewound, blurring together until they became incomprehensible flashes of color and motion.
Then suddenly, everything stopped.
Aiden's consciousness landed back into his body.
He gasped as awareness flooded back into him. His red eyes opened up, and he found himself standing in Rhyos's temple once more.
