Bal: “Hi grandma!”


    Yin: “Bal, my boy! How are you? Is everything...?”


    Bal: “All is well. Don''t worry. Things are progressing as they should.”


    Yin: “I see. That''s good then. Now! You!”


    Yang: “Gulp! Yes?”


    Yin: “Where have you been all this time?”


    Yang: “Honey!”


    Yin: “Don''t you “honey” me! Get inside. Now!”


    Yang: “Grandson! Help!”


    Bal: “Sorry grandpa! You brought this on yourself. I''ll be back in a week. Have fun you two!”


    Yin: “Fun? As if! You are in trouble, husband.”


    goodbye”. She wanted to stay with him, even if it meant, living the rest of her life in a cave, never having children of her own. Before she could say out loud her decision to stay, with him, Attar, simply said: “Go!”. Her heart breaking to pieces, she turned around & ran, before her tears came out.This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source.


    Selene: “Brothers, what''s going on?”


    Cesar: “Don''t you remember what Balaur said?”


    Selene: “But why bow?”


    Cesar: “No idea. Just go with it?”


    Phil: “Where to now?”


    Alex: “East. From what Pandora told me about China, we should be safe there.”


    Cesar: “On foot, on horses, and avoiding other legions, about six months, at best.”


    Selene: “Then what?”


    Alex: “We''ll see. Let''s just get there.”


    Selene: “So guys. The girls? I saw you holding their hands, what was that about?”


    Phil: “They were so cute. Just 13, and as soon as they saw, each chose one of us, and very cutely proclaimed: “You''ll be my husband!” So cute! So young, and already making plans.”


    Phil, Alex, Cesar: “Ha! Ha! Ha!”


    Selene: “They''re not 13. The 3, are older than Attar himself. And he was our teacher, Setna.”


    Cesar: “Wait! Setna! Our teacher Setna?”


    Selene: “Brother! You don''t know?”


    Cesar: “Know what?”


    Selene: “Let me tell you a very long story...”


    Alex: “Um! Sister!”


    Selene: “A! What is it Alex?”


    Phil: “We''re surrounded!”


    Thug leader: “Hand over the magic items you carry, and we''ll let you pass.”


    Selene: “Will you really let us go? Speak truthfully! Speak clearly!”


    Thug leader: “No, we won''t. After taking your possessions, we will rape you, then sell all of you into slavery. If the men try to resist, we will kill them, and leave their bodies to rot at the side of the road.”


    Selene: “Phil, you ok little brother?”


    Phil: “Sister?” -tears formed from his eyes, as he realized, that Selene had tried to stop the arrow, by blocking it with her body. It had gone straight through her, and into him.


    Leader: “Too bad. O well. Take their stuff, and let''s bury our companions.”


    a Thug: “Boss. Aside from their rings and weapons, they don''t seem to carry anything of value. Such a shame.”


    Leader: “Hm! Leave them rotting.”


    a Thug: “Even the one with the arrows in his limbs? He''s still alive.”


    Leader: “Let him suffer from his wounds. Payback for our people''s lives. Besides, no one ever comes on this back road.”