Lucen returned to the Keep after Lost Wind departed. Her final words to him were, "Don't let anything eat you while I'm gone."
A strange thing to say to someone you just told to kill himself. But he remembered her words well: Move to the center of the army, and don't shake anyone.
The day was drawing to a close. The light of the Halo turned silvery, and faint, and the cosmos stretched overhead. Chilly wind whispered between the stone towers of the Grey Keep, and many of the workers trailed from the castle as they returned Castaway.
He wanted to climb the stairs, see his mom, and then fall into a deep slumber. He'd still have to wake up early for any battle.
He was about to enter the castle when he saw a flash of his mother's golden hair down at the stables.
Lucen turned pale, and considered just returning to the camp. Selene would see Hiru wearing his cape, and start a new argument.
