Her cold was slowly fading away, and soon the little dragoness emerged from the lair. Moving slowly down the pathway that lead from the lair to the gardens below.

She would not stop until reaching the family graveyard. Daddy's grave had long since been filled in. But he did not need it any more. She was there for two others.

Strangers that had given up their lives for her family. It had been a full year since the battle with the demon and his forces.

A year since the deaths of two proud males. A flower was settled at the base of the monument for the pair. Friends of her younger brother. Stireth and Shadowcatch had given themselves to save others.

For that she owed them much. She had returned to Alexandria with her brother, Drake, not long after as queen consort. But the tone had been grim. She tried to help the families of the pair lost in battle. She remembered their faces. How they mourned just as she had for her own mate.

All these memories lingered behind.

Mileena and Orthos too had moved on. Traveling from the lair after having received treatment for the wounds they received.

They had left long ago, returning to wherever it was they had come.

All strangers to her, but friends all the same, to her family. Perhaps someday, she would come across them again. Though next time...It would be on happier terms.

I did nae know them my love. They were friends of my younger brother. Still I think we should visit their families.

And perhaps the site where they fell. It has been some time since I was there.

The tree should still be standing, love. It was quite the battle.

"We shall start travelling come morning my love. Hopefully we shall get there mid day."

"I would rather nae stick around much too long though. Many fell and I would rather nae come across any upset spirits".

Harpies and cave wurms. She'd not seen any since the battle. The surviving forces having moved on. Where to did not matter, so long as they kept away from the lair and their territories.