The Older I Get

Time was not on his side anymore. Nor had it been kind to him in the past. Since joining Fiori and finding that his daughter was also there, sent a ripple through the old man's heart. He had been so happy to hear she was alive and safe, but he had kept his distance from her too. He felt that he had wronged her. That she hated him. And he didn't want to face his little girl for fear that she would be angry with him. He had lost everything to find her. His wife, his old home, his other children. While he'd been out searching for Ashe, he'd found another that he'd fallen in love with as he was sure Ashtoreth hadn't waited all the years he had been gone. Hell, he still loved her...but he didn't even know how she was or if she was even still alive. And all these thoughts broke his heart more and more. How could he face his long lost daughter?

He needed a sign. Some sort of guide to tell him what to do. He didn't want to die with the thought that they all hated him for leaving, when all he did was try his hardest to do right for them. He'd fought in a war to defend their home, but in the end so much had been lost. The Adravendi's were scattered about the winds, and he didn't know where his own family was. What had he come back to? What had he missed? The male sighed as he settled down at the edge of the lake, summer insects buzzing and the fireflies dancing around him.