A blue sparkle of awareness, broke through the cold and pressure of the deep to touch Chandhyi. It wasn’t that of the keepers, those of her kind who took care of the soon-to-be’s. Warm and innocent this intelligence, and yes she felt he was intelligent, reached out for someone to belong with. Not me, she…
A halo of doom hung in the air. Ghostly walls of an abandoned fort, with large chunks missing, shimmered in the near distance. The few left of the fighting group struggled along the path of defeat. Not the first time Baret C’Hase had failed, but the first time it had been at such a cost. …
“Ursel R’Gina you are exiled for life.” The judge’s words slammed into her as nothing else ever had. “No.” Mother’s scream echoed through the small courtroom. Ursel stood, numb, unable to move. “Furthermore.” What more can there be than never being able to go home again. Forbidden to return to the only life she had ever…