Northstar Vale Thysía

I never mind! <3

Zulema was there, breathless and wondering where her brother was. Arsenio looked at her without speaking. He did not know how he might tell her that he did not know where Antigone had gone. He did not know if his son would return, if he was safe. The sharpness in this loss had cut deep. The father could feel it in his muscle, in the bones that held him together.

I do not know, Zulema, he said to her.

Arsenio stepped toward his daughter, pulling her to his chest in a hug.

It did not make sense that Antigone would leave Epoch. They had built a good home for their children. They had made family in the vale. The boy had always showed signs of being different, but Arsenio never imagined that his son would have grown into this stranger.