She will return, Taren. Do not fear. She has not left you for good. She merely seeks to improve herself for your happiness." I will still seek her out...," Taren said. "she is everything to me." He turned and sped off, following the faint sparkle trail glittering on the ground.Gaeldess had come to the edge of the forest. From here on out she would have to be careful. She would have to travel at night and hide during the day to avoid exposing her wings to direct sunlight. So she waited in the. His uniform was sharp, and his sneer was impressive.“Lord Drak,” Praetor Theodosius said, his voice dripping with scorn. “I hear that you’ve been bested by a little girl.”Behind his back, Drak’s hands tightened. The cargo hold swung open and engineers cried out to one another. One went running, sprinting really, away as the chunk of hull plating they had wrested free smashed to the ground with a spray of dust and a shower of pebbles. Sitting within the hold, preserved from wind and tide for who. The three siblings were taught to help each other in whatever way was needed from an early age. Ben was the youngest. Only two years younger than his oldest sister and 13 months younger than the next one. His mother, Sara, was in her early 40's. She was a hard working, no nonsense kind of woman. She was tough in all the ways she needed to be, but tender and gentle in any way she could be. She was wise beyond her years, but also playful and fun loving when time permitted. As long as everyone was. ..I know I can do this, I thought as I strapped my short sword onto my hip. When I was younger I beat that hobgoblin with simply a stick I picked up. At first I remembered being afraid, but after hitting him a couple times I realized he was afraid too. That gave me the strength to fight with power and rage. I traveled deeper and deeper into the forest. First with a dagger, now with my sword. Defeating monster after monster without a scratch. They are afraid of us as the rest of the town is.