Ern

She woke up from the feeling of a tear running down from the corner of her eye, she felt the moisture as it ran down from her right temple. She didn't know where she was, her feet were bound to a chain that allowed her to move only to the edge of the cell she was in but they were still too heavy. The only light was a torch in the corridor between hers and the cell across, ready to go out at any moment, keeping the light scarce.

His feet went numb, his breaths he could not feel, his eyes were only looking ahead of him and the image of Aggy was there as he ran from the town to his house. He reached the yard panting and stood there for a moment, folding in hald trying to catch his breath, the door was closed, so he knew that she was safe. Still, catching his breath he walked to the house and pushed the door open, but instead of opening it fell on the floor, Ern's heart stopped and his eyes opened wide, he started to breath with difficulty and slowly walked into the house, careful and afraid of the worst.

The burning of Buckland brought more work for the Crafting Hall as they were trying to rebuild what was destroyed in the fire. Ern was going to work earlier than usually and returning a little later sometimes, leaving Aggy alone most of the day, but, with him he brought coins, enough to feed them but also to put some aside for the barn and the animals. All this work was keeping his mind off the incident and he managed to forget it. Now it was only working with the wood, make something beautiful for others before returning to his beautiful wife.

Having lived with the fear for many days, Ern decided that if he was going to die or disappear like those Halflings he heard about the other day, it would have happened the day he saw those eyes on the hills. He wanted to do something with his wife, after that incident he kept in the house and he himself went out only for work, but no more.

-Those eyes... Those eyes. No! Run, run! Run Pekki, run, they are coming! His shouts made Aggy turn in her sleep and eventually wake up, only to see Ern laying on the bed, pale and sweaty, as if wanting to run but not being able to do it.

-They are here, run, please, I beg you Pekki.
-Ern, Ern, what is it my dear? Wake up, please, what do you see?