C396 WAITING

"You are shaking, Aria," Elias said. He stood in the center of the room, his chest moving in slow, heavy cycles. The room was small, tucked away in the back of the Alpha Keep, far from the screams that had just echoed through the courtyard. Outside, the sky had turned a sickly shade of orange, the dust of the outer wall still hanging in the air like a shroud.

Aria didn't answer right away