Redsand Canyon Demons

Germanicus was the first to appear, and when he greeted her, Khalys' ears fell back. Her throat tightened. "Kinfolk... Kinfolk is done," she told him faintly. Gesturing back towards the vale, she forced herself to tell what had happened, "The tunnel caved in... My mate is dead." She swallowed, her gaze hardening as she admitted, "And so are our children." Yellow eyes flickered to the Imperator. "I didn't know where else to go except here." Her emotions were a swirling mess in her chest, and she was struggling to hold onto them; though she shed no tears now, her face was drawn with tiredness and grief.