Soara felt Yanael's heartbeat grow stronger and quicker under the effect of her technique. Her blood started circulating, and some of the injuries on her face faded. But before anything significant could happen, her heartbeat dropped, and her skin paled, acquiring a shade of grey.
"No!" Soara shouted. She grabbed Yanael's life flame again, just barely saving it. She stoked it again. She fanned it, forcing it to burn brighter.
As she did so, she realized what the problem was. She was forcefully draining the last life Yanael had left to make her final moments brighter. She couldn't give Yanael more life or extend what she had.
She was a deity of Death, after all.
All she had done was speed up Yanael's death. Soara's eyes were wide in despair as she realized what she had done.
"NO!" She screamed again and pounded on the barrier.
But there was nothing she could do but watch as Yanael's last flicker of flight slowly but surely weakened until it finally puffed out.
