"Guards!" I yelled once I closed the portal. There was no way I was going to be able to haul him in the house and up the stairs on my own. What I could do though was change his appearance long enough that the guards wouldn't recognize him. He had been in hiding so long I would let him decide when he wanted to reveal himself.
"Miss. Ashford? You're home." John said as he stopped in front of me. I shot him an annoyed look "That doesn't matter, just help me get him into a spare room so I can heal him." John nodded before hauling my father over his shoulder and carrying him up the stairs. Watching his still form sway as John walked made knots form in my stomach, he looked dead. I trailed behind slowly observing. My father's arms dangled lifelessly behind John, his head moved up and down wit
