Bab 140: The Castle

Sophia sat by the window and stared out at the watery hell her family had been living in for the last few days. It was already the sixth day since the evacuation order had been issued and they had still not been allowed entry into the city.

There were more and more beast attacks every single day, so much so that the couple of hundred guards weren't capable of defending the entire area.

The more she thought about it, the worse she felt. What was going? Why were they denied entry? Where was her eldest son?

*Crunch*

There was a sound from the front, waking her from her thoughts. She looked up and saw the half-naked man sitting on the rock with his head down. The rock had small cracks all over it and looked like it could fall apart any second.

"It was fine a few days ago," she mumbled mindlessly.

Hearing her voice, the man, probably for the first time since arriving here, looked up and met her gaze, starting her.