Staring into the eyes of a child who had barely grasped the situation, Evendur could envision the catastrophe that would brew within the heart of his children when they matured, and the option of sending them to the Abyssal Plains this early in their lives was something he couldn't see himself doing, at least not when his wife's essence was still resting on his shoulders.
Evendur jumped down from the carriage silently and crouched before his children with a strange warmth within his eyes. A small smile tugged at his lips before he patted their heads with the words, "From blood you came, to blood you shall return."
A knock sounded on his door, shattering the glass of thought that had formed on his mind. A startled breath left his lips before he carefully placed the frame back into the drawer and reclaimed the cold expression he dropped during his adventure to the past.
