Braxdan

Found:

A new purpose.

A whole host of pain.

The last few days have been draining to say the least. I'm exhausted emotionally, physically and mentally. But not all of it has been terrible.

Silver sank back down to the floor, her back against the tree. The light was fading now, her campfire long since turned to ash; a fitting visual to her sunken mood. She closed her eyes against the coming dark, not needing further reminder of what lay both behind and ahead, and simply breathed.

She had pressed hard this time around, stopping only when sustenance was required or she or her horse needed to rest. No slow meandering stroll this, not like her previous travels. She knew her destination this time. She knew where she needed to be and no one and nothing would be allowed to stand in her way.

I have failed you, father.

They were the hardest words that Varani had ever uttered.

For ten years you've been denied a life of your own, doomed to follow me around Arda like a good little bloodhound. And for what?