Faster faster!!! The words shot through my mind trying to calm my fragile courage, the possibility that this pounding ride through the the moonlit trees and shadows was fruitless I did not dare to imagine.

The dark shape of the tiny house ahead unlit by oil crushed my hope further down into my gut making the pityful heart in my chest flutter and my blood colder than the fragile sheets of ice formed by the wind against my brow.

He found them out and used their cruel ploy to urge him here vulnerable and outnumbered against them....
Those words I held onto as the the horse finally delivered me upon the door of the meager hut I had once called a home.
My hand gripping the handle of my blade l made my way quickly through the door.

The silence only disturbed by the winds gale, but within the blur of it all I picked up the subtle shallow breathimg, my eyes hurried through the abyss landing on the familiar silk of his robes. Before my eyes could focus on...