Silence, it was all he could give. In silence, he waited, parted from the ones that cried. Their laments were as loud as the ones inside him. And yet, in the knowledge and realization of death, he was not able to move. His heart sank deeper, his instinctive hiding casting…

She would always wake hazy. Slowly, her eyes opened. Her vision was blurry; it took her some moments to distinguish the sun above her. As well, the sound of the soft breeze escaped her at first, as she would wake with a faint ringing, a deafening echo. However, she smiled;…

The warmth of a fireplace… it was something that was so common; so simple, so easy to have. And yet, the moments in which he had rested by one had always been engraved in his mind. Early in his life, he felt happy near one, loved and embraced. After, he…

In the dark of the night, a shadow dashed past the faint moonlight. It soared down, its wild wings outstretched to rip the air below. It landed decisively, in silence. Silence reigned, until she emerged from the shades, her steps calculated. The glints of her eyes would have been fear…

His voice was the last thing he had heard; it had come to him faint and weak. He heard it in a void filled with nothing but coldness. There had been a deadly silence in the blackness. Now, he heard the sound of life. The sound of lush leafs being…

There was no denying that what he had done could not be undone. His betrayal would forever taint how his nephew would remember him. Yet, even if he felt shame, he would do it a hundred times more if needed. He had not doubted, and he did not show a…

Every single whisper was followed by a question. And after every question, came his shameful confessions. His hands were tied, by an invisible chain that he himself imposed. He kept himself there for hours, unable to escape what he had evaded for years. He was confronting the worst of nightmares;…

He still could not understand it. No matter how closely, how intently he looked into those caring eyes, he could not grasp why. He was staring at the same expression he had seen once, even though they were not the same angel. He did not feel like he was in…

She was short of breath, her body felt heavy. But she still kept dragging the log through the camp, towards the corner where she was piling them up. Her eyes where set on them and the tools they had stolen for her. Her hands were full of cuts and marks,…

He had the hammer ready. Yet he did not move it. No, he was frozen. Not because he was staring at the intruders in his home, but because he recognized one of them immediately. Even if he had a stance that was anything but dignified, there was no chance of…