Chapter 6

The moon was blazing down on the women as they dragged their packs along with them, every muscle screaming for them to rest as they strolled as one into the strange wooden village, the streets alive with mortals, their chatter filling the air with a soft comfort that Astria had needed more than anything else; her terror easing with each step that she took. The wooden structures stood high and unmoving clasped against the ground as though they belonged their, the harsh winds moulding around them and gracing the air with a gentle whisper.

“Pull up your hood, we do not want them to see your ears, they will not understand.” Tuviel commanded her daughter, her eyes almost seeming to glaze over as she stared down the stone street, nervously watching the people as they turned to glance upon the strangers.

Astria nodded, pulling the hood of her cloak over hear head, concealing what she knew would seal their fate. “Yes mother.”

She thought once mor