Lingering Effects

Deathbelle scouted the border of the Redwater Rocks one last time before leaving for the southern lands. Ashen was moving, the whole Empire relocating somewhere maybe not safer from the volcano, but where they could sprawl. Continuous growth but huge misfortunes brought the Kleins through a rollercoaster of a last year. She quickly fell in love with the man she chose to sire her future heirs, the volcano erupted and her children lost their father. They were forced to relocate from the Ravine and the Lake as well. The pack was forced to linger in the lands that were not home.

No one realized then they would never be returning to the beginnings of the Empire. After Belle fell for and married Archon she had taken on his goal of acquiring the shrine for which he sought so heartily. The volcano did a lot of damage to her and her family, but it also showed them paths originally unseen.

The Empress smiled softly, her dark lips turning up into a sad smile as she reminisced the last year of her life. She never would have guessed she would come so far in so short a time. Her delicate features shifted upwards to take in the bright light of the moon as it cascaded over the warm colored rocks. Her path was stained with the white light as she cleared her thoughts and prepared for the new start Ashen was going to experience.

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