𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 // ꜱᴀʀᴀᴡᴀᴛ ✕ ᴛɪɴᴇ

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With a flick of her wrist, Sarawat was thrown to the end of the room, creating a giant crack in the stone wall. She began hacking, recovering from having her throat almost crushed.

"You sons of bitches, never heard of handling a fucking lady with care?" She croaked as she rubbed her neck.

Sarawat got up and dusted himself off. Earn prepared herself to fight the man again but she sighed. "I wouldn't be asking if I wasn't desperate." He spoke up, looking away the woman in front of him. "And as embarrassing as it is to admit, I truly am. So please.."

Earn let out a strained breath, knowing that somehow this was gonna go wrong. But she needed him on board. And she knew that if he got his memories back, he would hunt the bitch to the ends of the earth and saw to it himself that she was dead.

She walked up to the Duke and tapped him on the forehead, sending shockwaves through his body. Suddenly his vision went dark and he fell to his knees. "ARGH!"

Groans of pain erupted from his chest as he clutched the fabric over his heart, feeling an ache in his heart. "W-what have you done to me.." he strained, painfully.

"You have to see for yourself to get your memories back." Earn clenched her fist and stepped away from Sarawat, because she couldn't take his cries of pain. "I'm sorry." She put her hands over her ears and squeezed her eyes shut.

Sarawat could feel the excruciating heartbreak, as memories unknown to him, flashed before his eyes. But they were all of nothing but Tine.

His touch.

His voice.

His face.

His body.

His love.

And his last moments.

Tears fell from Sarawat's eyes and for the first time in what felt like forever he broke down sobbing, like the night he lost Tine.

How could he forget. How did he allow himself to completely forget that Tine didn't exist.

How did he not embrace Tine, having seen him again at the ball. His eyes that practically begged him to remember, and shaky hand and Sarawat drew it to his lips. How did he not know.

Suddenly, his vision returned and his body felt more at peace, though still suffering the aftermath.

"Tine!!!" As he laid there on the cold, hard ground, he gathered the strength with the help of his abilities to push himself up off the ground. "W-where is he?" He asked the young woman who took her hands off her ears and sighed as she watched the Duke stumble to get to his feet.

"Before that, we need to talk." Earn flicked her wrist and his chair dragged towards him, bringing him to a seat.

He didn't make a peep, it could have been the lack of ability to grasp everything all at once. "And you need to pay extra close attention because this is about Tine." His eyes immediately sparked as he hesitantly sat down. "Tines in danger. And I need your help.."

"Danger..." His heart ached at the thought of Tine and the utter emptiness he felt from the absence of his love.

"Pam... she's put a deadly curse on him." She sighed defeatedly, leaning against the wall.