Return to Alandria

Winsted and his four companions had been more than happy to transport Alexei, Neave and Risa back to Alandria.

Their own town had all but died out and moved back to the capital after the destruction of the tavern, something that Alexei still felt secretly guilty for, so moving with them and joining up with their wives and children in the city after dropping Alexei and his friends off only seemed like the logical choice.

They hadn’t spoken much during the journey.

The mood was as sombre and dark as the day, which had become increasingly overcast as time wore on. By the time it had started raining Alexei was sure that everyone just wanted to reach Alandria and bed down for the night in a tavern.

That was what he wanted, anyway.

Coming through the gates of Alandria felt a lot like coming home.

Alexei had enjoyed roaming around the countryside and seeing new sites, even if much of that had been tinged with disaster, but Alandria was the city that he knew the best even if most of tha