The Elderien Chronicles

The Joy that children bring

"What the hell was that?"

Nomi asked Alastair as he kept the energy within the barricade. Another tremor came again and Nomi yelped. She was thinking the walls would come down on her and sadly, she did not trust Alastair enough to know that he would keep her safe. She only just met him, did she not?

"What the hell is happening?"

She asked again and that time her voice going a little too high. She was scared and she made no efforts to conceal it.

"I would say Apollo is getting ready to work. You know what his plans are, right?" He asked her.

"The plan to destroy the world and build a new one from its image? His image? Of course, I do. It is the only thing he spoke about when we were married. The very thing he married me for. But he doesn't have enough power to launch that mind of attack, does he?"

Alastair groaned. The barricade was not bulging and it was taking so much time, a substance he did not have. He shot in even greater energy and held it in. The barricade vibrated and was begi