The Fortress has never been this quiet before. It was eerie. It was lonely. And I felt it right through my heart.
It was never really a loud place to begin with, but there were always white noises that hummed in the air, showing signs of life and activity and home.
But today wasn’t a normal day.
It was as though silence was a vengeful spirit that had cloaked the entire place, and everybody in the fortress did not know what to do but to stand still.
I didn't know what to do.
Not without her.
Workers and sentries and warriors alike wore shocked expressions with hints of underlying apprehension. The hallways, which were always the noisiest and brightest part of the fortress, had a shadow upon them, the world literally bringing darkness to complement the silence.
No smoke rose from t
