She thought at first he was another imagined voice, born from whatever nightmare had seen fit to grip her family. K'yohko had left with the others for war. How could he have returned and Thalen not? How could he have returned while her daughters were still gone?
Then the sands shifted next to her as something settled on the ground. She recoiled at the smell, half curling towards K'ile, and the firm warmth of his body dragged her thoughts away from the dunes, away from the horizon and an endless wait.
K'ile was here. K'yohko was here. Her beautiful girls and the light of her soul were not.
She screamed, a short, choked sound that broke off into a sob, and scrabbled back in the sand. Wide eyes flicked to the body, then away, and she sought to hide. "They're not here," she wailed, pulling her arms to her face to ward away the sight. She didn't know what K'yohko wanted of her, why he would show her yet another corpse - there had been so many already! - and why he would speak those words. Her girls were not here. Thalen was not here. She could think of nothing else.
Then the sands shifted next to her as something settled on the ground. She recoiled at the smell, half curling towards K'ile, and the firm warmth of his body dragged her thoughts away from the dunes, away from the horizon and an endless wait.
K'ile was here. K'yohko was here. Her beautiful girls and the light of her soul were not.
She screamed, a short, choked sound that broke off into a sob, and scrabbled back in the sand. Wide eyes flicked to the body, then away, and she sought to hide. "They're not here," she wailed, pulling her arms to her face to ward away the sight. She didn't know what K'yohko wanted of her, why he would show her yet another corpse - there had been so many already! - and why he would speak those words. Her girls were not here. Thalen was not here. She could think of nothing else.
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