Capítulo 45: One Boy Lost

Lucas continued speaking in the same flat, unnerving voice, his face strangely calm. It was as if he feared showing any emotion besides stoicism, would crack at the very heart of him.

He spoke of how difficult the journey to Islia had been for his family, through the temperamental weather and abrupt late winter storms that had battered them. He described how his mother had eventually grown pale and ill from being forced to travel in damp, bumpy carriages while heavily pregnant.

"My mother wanted to travel at a slower pace, she begged to be allowed to rest more between all of our stops. But Papa pleaded with her to hold on a little longer because the effort would be worth it. That once they were ensconced in the Islian court and he'd been received and formally welcomed by the Islian king, she'd be able to rest as much as she wanted and all her worries would be behind her.