Alcyone
My eyes gazed over the treeline, taking note of the dark smoke rising through the leaves as the sun was setting. There was no doubt this war had finally begun. I can not say I did not expect this to happen. I had seen the smoke rising in my dreams. I felt a kind of relief that the fight had started. The preparations had gone on long enough, I truly believed we were all just waiting for the other to make the first move. Ember would have attacked them eventually if we hadn’t been targeted first. The wind whipped around the shirt of my dress, carrying the smell of the fire with it. It felt as if the goddess herself was excited for the fight that was about to begin.
“Looks like the party has begun,” mumbled Lander. He stood next to me on the wall, watching with as much antic
