Gone with the sun

She couldn’t stay here, out on the open on the land bridge. Somewhere between Auster and Boreas, with the Armada too far behind her, and The Hallows too far ahead. Her promised paradise it seemed would always be just out of reach.

She pulled her bushy tail up around herself, curling into the smallest ball she could. Trying to gather a little bit of warmth to her. She was tired, but too wired to xclose her eyes. So it was her eyes were wide open when the demon drifted down the sand. His glowing body calling her eyes to him, and the smoke that alighted from his burning body shimmered in the cool air. Lia cowered down into her toes for a moment, eyes wide and horrified. Perhaps it was training, or necessity. Some function beyond her comprehension that brought her back to her trembling paws. She dipped her head low, kissing the sand. M-m-m-my L-l-lord, how may I serve you?’ she whispered, wondering what horror had found her now.

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