The Little Crow

Chapter Twenty Nine - [An Incredible Laugh]

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Driving Niall's beautiful black car was a luxury in itself. Thea had never driven something so expensive and glorious. It drove smoothly, with little jerking or bumping or anything of the sort, and she didn't fail to notice the stares of all the passerbyers who witnessed her.

She was a girl.

Driving a car.

But not just any car... an expensive one.

She wondered what they would think if they found out it belonged to the General of the Aiverian Army and the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Now that would turn heads.

That being said, she couldn't deny that she was also absolutely terrified. The slightest nick on this beautiful beast would have probably made Thea want to die. But when she got to the prison, passing through the checkpoint with ease and seeing that she had successfully gotten there without any issues, she felt immediately better.

Thea had gone to see Rue every day of the week except for today, and as he had promised, he stayed silent. He was certainly very good at that... at hiding his emotions and revealing nothing. But at least she knew he was one to stay true to his word.

When she arrived at his cell, she unlocked it herself though a guard hovered over her in Luana's absence. Once the door opened, she walked in and unsurprisingly, Rue was sitting in his usual spot, cross legged, hands on his knees, eyes closed as if he were in some form of meditation.

He opened his eyes when she sat on the floor in front of him and greeted her with a nod.

She smiled and decided to get straight to the point. "You're from Thanina," she said. "Or... at least, the little coastal town next door. Your brother was one of the innocents who were slaughtered in the 1946 Siege by the State Military. That was what made you drop your pen and pick up a gun."

The slight twitch in his brow was enough to give away the fact that they were right.

And he was impressed.

Her smile faded, replaced by a frown. "I'm sorry that happened to you," she said. "I was seven when that was all going on... I heard about it but barely understood. Abureth Town was so far removed from the war at that point that... despite all the horrors other Elorians were suffering through... I was still living a normal life," she hesitated. "When I was eleven or twelve, it did reach us... yet..."

She thought back to that time when the Crows arrived in Abureth and the State Militia followed. There was panic in the streets and a curfew which led to silent nights, and though the division occupying Abureth Town was directly under Rhys' leadership... Rhys, the man in charge of all of the Crows... the Crows couldn't hold the town for longer than maybe a few months because the State wouldn't allow it. The State was determined to make sure that the Crows didn't maintain control over the Abureth Train Station and the important West Aburai Port, seeing as that would be a major advantage for them that would allow for the quick transport of men and resources, and the Crows knew this. Rhys knew this. They knew the State wouldn't give up and seeing what happened in Thanina, the bustling, heavily populated Abureth Town was at risk and they knew a lot of people would die.