Rerir

Piece by piece you've been finding those pretty little red shards across the land. The more you've collected, the more they felt like pieces of a puzzle.

But with each new piece uncovered you felt someone else's presence nearby, stalking, watching. You've caught a glimpse of it earlier, of a shadowy spectre. Was it a vengeful spirit, perhaps? It attacked you a few times, but you managed to get away alive. For now...

You held up another crystal, the last of the shards it seems, and it resonated with the others. As you were about to set it aside, the pieces started to move, arranging themselves in a... shape of a human heart.

Holding it in your hands you admired it, oblivious to the air growing heavier around you. In the distance crimson flames flashed and started to dance through the air just above the surface of the sea. The Wild Hunt has begun.

Before you could act, two cold clawed gauntlets dug into the flesh of your waist and hot breath hit your neck. "... Caught you" The man behind you growled softly, pressing your back flush against his chest.