The Loyal Spartan
The unfinished intimacy left both of us frustrated and emotionally exposed, the raw, unspoken feelings hanging in the air between us, a fragile, broken thing that was trampled under the weight of the impending danger.
I could see the frustration, the anger, the regret in his eyes. But neither of us had time to address it. The danger was here. The hunt was over. And the war had come to his doorstep.
The scout, a young man named Kaelen with wide, panicked eyes, stood in the center of the room, his words a frantic, breathless rush of terror.
"They were in Oakhaven yesterday," he said, his voice a low, urgent whisper. "Riders, maybe a dozen of them. Flying both House Ares and House Zeus colors.
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