7The Hospitality of a GuardianThe thick basin the rock they sat in was cold and exposed. The scribbled outlines of cacti were the only things on the horizon besides sand. Night fell quickly, leaving the company alone in the darkness. The waste of barren earth extended in every direction.
Aldor sat alone. He wanted that. It was probably best. He was slipping away… He didn’t know what the world was anymore. The seed of disbelief and rage within him.
He felt like a ghost, trapped inside a human case. His only ambition now was to get his friends to safety. What then? He looked over the golden sand and into the distance. He could see the mountains stretch out like dark blue shadows on the far horizon. He would've cried, but his body was too parched to even sweat.
“So, what now?”
Aldor didn'
