Chapter 306 Purification

The Pacific sun shone on the deck of the once-sturdy rations carrier, as it groaned like a wounded beast. Its metal hull creaked under the strain of battle damage. Tyler stood at the center of it all, his world crumbling like the ship's integrity. He couldn't believe his eyes. "It can't be…" he murmured to himself. The sight of Mamushi's slight frame hanging limp in Amelia's dark threads was ghastly to him. Blood dripped from her chest wound that had clearly pierced her heart, taking the young one's life. Something fundamental shattered inside Tyler. With a vacant sigh, the girl's red wings drooped lifelessly, and her eyes went vacant, staring into nothing. "You... monster," Tyler whispered, his voice cracking like brittle glass. Tears blurred his vision, soon to be replaced with rage and grief. Mamushi, his daughter, the unexpected gift from his union with Kat, a symbol of something pure in his chaotic life, was gone in an instant. "How could you?" he choked out. "She was just a child