Chapter eight

The whole world seemed to be encapsulated in a silent dome. I stood amongst the wreckage of the once beautiful town was now dusted with a white powdery ash that was gently blown by a light breeze. People walked over debris to try and restore anything they could.
The sun had risen yet the clouds guarded it protectively and wept causing the earth and ash to turn to mud. Through the dull blue/grey rain I could now see the bodies of the attackers, pilled up carelessly like logs.
People sat in solemn silence, morning those they had lost, lighting candles and lanterns that seemed to remain lit in the lit these in their honor. Never before had I seen people act the way they did, the shoulder of every person was one to lean on and their words were those of the deepest caring an sympathy. A burial had been held for every person and when the last body was set into the earth I was standing next to Landon, the hood of my black cloak pulled up in the rain. Morgana had been placed in an ornate coffin that was carefully kept free of the ash.
I watched Landon place one of the eternal candles into the earth as rain danced off my eyelashes. The crowd that had gathered began to disperse, and he stood alone. I came to realize just how little I knew, how useless I was in all of this. When is was just the two of us left, I placed a hand on his shoulder and felt him sigh deeply.

"I'm sorry" I whispered "I should have done more."

He shook his head, not looking at me "what else could you have done" he said, facing me now. A knot formed in my stomach as I studied his face. "A lot more" I thought to myself sadly. I knew how to fight, my mother had insisted I know since I was young. But what good does knowing how to use a weapon do if you can't use it to save someone?
"What happens now?" I asked, dropping my hand
His gaze had dropped to the muddy earth during the heavy silence. "Nothing" he stated bluntly, brushing past me.
A bit of anger and frustration seemed to build up inside me briefly.
"That's it? You're done?" I said calmig myself as i spoke, I took a step foreword. "Things are changing, that's what she was trying to tell you, trying to tell everyone yet it feels like no one here wants to change" when he remained silent. "Those things are the change; it's not me, It's not you or Nox it's them... I'm sorry this happened, nothing I can do or say will change it- just don't quit... Please" I finished quietly.
His eyes held a sadness that broke my heart but he nodded ever so slightly.

It took days to coax Landon out of the depression and even then things were never quite as they were. I came to learn that the things that attacked us were the cobalus. Horribly grotesque human like people that were once thought to have been killed off or at least quelled. They were known as "riders of the wyvern" a distant relative to the dragon. A spices as corrupt by evils and hate as their riders. They knew of the for telling, about me. That's why they came, why they killed.
Life moved slowly, ticking by like a worn gear in a clock. With each day Speronox grew and the city did as well. Soon Nox could no longer stay with me in my room and was built another on the ground level for accommodation, of corse I moved with him as well.
I sighed as I looked out over trees, watching the dying sun. A warm breeze swaying the trees at the spot I stood, away from the city.
"Avina" I heard Nox say in his soothing, low, rumbling voice. I reluctantly turned to face him. His enormous ebony form stood at the hight of two men and his wings stretched even further, not quite the size he had once been. "Henry would like to speak to us." He informed me then took the air, his powerful wing beats kicked up massive amounts of dust and I only just managed to snag the corner of his left wing, swinging myself up and onto is back, an action that was now almost second nature. The orange light flooded over the trees like liquid fire. Nox felt the joy I got in flying and chuckled.

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