Darkness Befell Us

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(PREVIOUSLY ON DARKNESS BEFELL US)

"You know what I do not understand is immediately after Caz's return to the tribe, the missile hits our tribe," Noth said and I turned to him, "What are you saying?" I asked him, "I am saying I do not trust Caz, he left all those years and now he is back, for what if you ask me? I think he is a spy for maybe another tribe or worse the etocrites,' Noth said seriously, "I know it has crossed your mind too but you do not want to over think it because he is Nen's brother, I mean don't you find it weird that he is back?" he added crossing his arms

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(NOW)

Farath (narration)

We lost over a hundred people from the missile attack, it was so frustrating to see people lose their loved ones and it hurt more because I was the second in command of security duty it felt like I had just sat back while people were being killed, after getting the call from leader Karth I rounded up everyone of the soldiers to go out and be alert of any other attack we could have, it had been so long since we had such attacks, life was a paradise until we went for a meeting in the east and were told that the Karan found an etocrite body on their border

If we won over those beasts before then we were going to do it again that did not scare me but right now I wanted to know if my Santi was okay, I had seen her earlier asking for Anensia, I hoped she was okay, if anything happened to her I could die because I do not think I could take it, I was looking at her for a long time and finally I managed to become her friend, I had to take it slow with her, yes I knew I wanted her but I could not just tell her immediately

"Hey where is Santi?" I asked Anensia, "Oh she is my room I asked her to stay there," she replied and I nodded as a sign of thanks

I moved up stairs and knocked on Anensia's room, "Nen you are back," she said getting off the bed until she noticed it was me,

"Farath?" she said slowly, "I came to check on you, are you okay?" I asked still standing, "Yeah I am okay I was not hit by the missile," she said giving an obviously look, "I know I was just worried I am glad you came to the tower to see your friend, you could have been one of those people," I said touching her face

"Hey I am okay but who would attack us? We have been in peace for a long time and this happens," she asked touching my fingers,

"We are still working on that, we are yet to find out who sent that missile," I said and turned, I then looked back at her and God she was so beautiful I had to tell her

"Santi I want to confess something," I said as I pulled her close to me and she nodded urging me to talk, "Santi I like you, really like you, I mean when something like this happened I had to tell you," I said touching her cheek and she blushed which made me smile

"You are not going to say anything?" I asked her and she did the unexpected, she kissed me, I felt my whole body coming alive and I held onto her tight, I did not want the moment to end I wanted her right there with me forever, and we finally pulled apart out of breath, "I like you too Farath," she said smiling and looking into my eyes

"I want to be with you forever Santi, I have wanted you for a long time and I am not going to lose you," I said and rested my forehead on hers, she was a little short so I had to bend

"Really? Why didn't you tell me before?" she asked, "I guess I was waiting for the right time and this is just perfect," I said kissing her again, "I have to go back downstairs and check on Tora to see if she has seen anything," I said against her face and she nodded, "I will see you later okay," I said and kissed her one more time, I could spend the whole day with her but I have tasks, "Its okay I know you are busy you can go," she said kissing my cheek and I left out the door.