ENDER
The keep was dangerously silent. My soldiers were here and there, but they’ve stuck to the shadows, hiding away from me like I was some sort of sickness. And I preferred it that way. Something dark was weighing on me, gnawing deeply and quickly into my heart, leaving nothing but destruction at its wake, and if they came any closer, the darkness would swallow them as it was swallowing me.
I was barely keeping it at bay, I was barely fighting it. But on days like this, it was usually stubborn, and nothing I did helped. Till all was destroyed, it wouldn’t stop. I knew it and some of them did too, which was the reason they had kept themselves far away from me. But the silence was overwhelming and cold. And terrible as I sat at that dining.
The meal in front of me had been prepared del
