Chapter 1
Mathias
knew.
He knew that before the sun set, they would try and kill his family. The final loose end, to the generals grande scheme.
Purification he had called it, cleansing the bad away from the world, one death at a time. Then, naive and ignorant as he was, Mathias believed he was doing what he should to make his namesake proud.
Within the still of the setting sun, as the dark loomed over their hut, Mathias became a shodow once more. Pulling the cloak of the former Commander over his head, Mathias bundled his little
wraith
in his arms and walked down the bricked path, faded but still visible to the eye into the woods.
Surely, his daughters would stand a better chance amongst the wolves than she would man. Surely, she would survive a bite better than a sword.
As his wife wailed, Mathias clutched her closer to his chest, for the last time.
