~ Elowen ~
The ride back to the mansion was filled with heavy silence. Neither of us spoke because we both knew what we were about to face.
We had spent all day in the meadow together, and it had been the happiest day of my life. I got to meet Nightfire, talk with him, and learn more about him than I ever expected. It was the most amazing time, and I wished I could relive it again and again.
But now, that joy was behind us, and reality was staring us right in the face. Even though I hated that we couldn’t do anything to change what was coming, I knew that everything we were doing was for the kingdom. It was all to save the world.
“Are you alright?” Voridian asked, his eyes meeting mine.
I smiled at him and nodded in response. That was the only way I knew how to answer him. There was n
