Lincoln's POV:
Duskbane showed slowly
It was the first one to be visible was the outline of the walls against the morning sky. Then the towers. Then the banners, the familiar symbols, hanging from the stone and steel, swaying in the breeze.
No alarms rang.
There were no warning horns.
Just a bright morning.
As we moved closer, we were seen by the guards on the wall.
One of them squints. Another one leans forward.
And then someone smiled.
“Well, it's the princes and princesses',” someone says from above.
And happinnes can be seen through their face.
The gates started to open.
"Welcome back," the guards said.
We just smiled and bid our thanks.
Movements of heavy stone, slow and lumbering, accompanied by a low rumble, as though the city itself were stretching and waking up.
We
