Birthday Plans [North of Moscow]

[Nox]

The lake house drew into view. The lake was in their path, but it wouldn't be long before they would be on the other side.

The air was cold on the lake. It wasn't even a pretty lake. It was gray with slag and algae.

Jacob whistled. "This is where he brought her?"

"Yeah. I hadn't noticed at the time"

"Don't beat yourself over it. She always was a bit of romantic."

"It didn't help that neither of us really remembered who we were."

Nox headed towards the tree that they had found Aurora's body. He'd felt her corpse there. Felt the lost connection. He could reach out into the earth and feel her bones now. What was left of her.

Sadness permeated his body. Even the horde shrank back at the dark pit inside. Jacob stayed quiet, he felt the air, he understood loss.