Here comes this rising tide

Having her sister Hela to help patrol the border did help to put the Empress and her mind at ease. Though the redwater rocks would be Ashens temporary home she didn't want anyone getting through her defenses. Everyone old enough was on patrol duty. Deathbelle felt herself able to smile with her sister’s gentle greeting and honest voice. There were few times Hela showed her true feelings, but in front of family was one of them.

”Good evening,” Belle returned warmly to her sister’s words. ”Better, I feel spring right around the corner.” She said with hope tinging her voice. ”They miss their father.” She said with a soft sigh as her gaze turned eastward. ”It's times like these I miss our sire most.” The Patriarch of the Klein family, succumbed to the famine.