Aline started shuffling towards the nearest door, determined to find a way out of the castle and to wherever her brother and Gio were, but though her will was strong, her body was weak, and it was the limitations of her human flesh that failed her in the end. Her vision blurred and then she was falling, the influx of smoke and lack of oxygen finally causing her to lose consciousness. Her grip slackened, the fabric-mask she had fluttering to the floor and the long gown of her dress falling back down around her legs, hitting the floor as her body did. The fire caught quickly on the train of her dress, but her heart had stopped beating long before the flames even touched her skin.
