6 days fly by like nothing I swear. But I can also finally get out of this tiny hospital and go meet both Bavon and Nathans. Not so much his wives as I found them a bit competitive for attention from the lord himself.

I stand up from my seat and wait for the 2-gold people in the family to show up. It wired why they are called gold people as I have never heard anyone call them that when we were younger or any nickname to be straight, but I was filled from a snow knight that they were being called that as they were Genesius of their classes and showed skill that was like no other. I found it interesting when he told me that.

I still feel anxious to meet both Nathans and Bavon after such a long time. I don’t know if they hate, despise or worried for me, I just hope that is they are worried for me but I doubt it. I would feel betrayed if the child or brother were to just suddenly without a trace of any kind. I just hope they still consider me family but if it were trouble both Marcus and Jasmine would have said something about how they hate my guts and wish for my death, but nothing has been said about them hating me at all.

I sigh, the amount I am maybe overthinking this is insane. The door to my room opens and I see the nurse that has been looking after me for the time I was staying here although I did feel better by day seven of resting but the nurse stopped me from leaving so I stayed here rest of the three days and now I am fully healed. “You have someone to pick you up sir please head to the roof” The roof? Why there of all places.

I thank the nurse and the staff taking care of me while I was sitting in the bay and thank some other people on the way up as some of them also helped in my recovery but it was just something nice to send off with. one thing that weirds me out is why civilians are at a military base of places why not a hospital or something of the sorts further back. I continue my way up to the roof trying to answer the question in my head but never really got close to a solid answer.

The door to the roof now stands in front of me I open the door having a strong wind blow past me, I open it further to see a helicopter sitting there running and Jasmine and Marcus standing waiting for me. the moment of truth is about to come calm yourself down. Breath.

How am I meant to act calm in this situation when I am meeting my foster father and a high-ranking lord at that, so if he wanted me dead or ruin my life he could in a heartbeat but he hasn’t for the most part since I have come back. “Well come on we are heading so you can see the family again” jasmine shouts at me thinking that I forgot what we were going to do today.

I walk over covering my eyes from the snow being picked up from the helicopter. I hop in and sit down in the middle seat of 3 lining the wall on each side, I was short joined by jasmine, Marcus, and accompanying Snow knights.

I look around the semi-cramped and open space of the helicopter that is going to house us while in transit, after jasmine and the rest of snow knights walk in a sit down we take off and start flying towards the manor of Nathans. I look outside seeing the surrounding area changed from when I was kid as each house or apartment around the place were being used as places for military personnel to stage defences or general hubs to have people of higher authority stay to watch over the field as it is going on.

The city landscape slowly died down to a more open snow dune kind of terrain then the manor itself coming up over a crest in the distance, my nerves are spiking again. I just need to talk to him and explain what happened all those years ago.

“Nervous Arthor?” Jasmine askes seeing as how nervous I am, “Why would I not be? I just up and left out of nowhere some day and now I am coming back” I let a deep breath, “Who knows how the old man is feeling” Jasmine and Marcus chuckle a little. how did they react to me disappearing? Did they try to move on or denied that I was dead and wanted to go out and look for me.

I look out the window to calm my nerves and find that we are where we need to be and our ride has ended oh so very fast. The time it took to reach here from the city was quicker than I thought, the helicopter started its decent closer to the ground only making the time I have to prepare myself grow smaller and smaller. The landing of the helicopter was felt as it bounced up from the landing by a small amount.

The doors open and there stood Nathans waiting for his two kids to come and great him, although he does not have such a vibrant smile as before but a small and sorrowful one. Jasmine and Marcus walk out heading to Nathans. “Hey dad we have someone we like you to meet” I hear Jasmines voice just audible enough for me hear, “Oh, and who is this person I am to meet” Nathans replies, “Hey you had enough time to cool off the nerves come say hi” Jasmine shouts so that I could it hear it perfectly.

I stand and walk out facing Nathans nervous as all hell, both our eyes meet and tears start to roll from his eyes with his mouth aghast at the sight of me. although it has been some years you could recognise me from my eyes to hair style as I have never changed them, and his reaction he just knew it was me without thought. As I stand seeing him cry a warm felling enters the fiber of my heart and blood.

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“Your- ali- your alive” his voice now quaky with the stutter here and there, “Arthor, what has happened since we have last meet for you to be this grown up and fearsome” he laughs when finishes and wipes his eyes. I walk closer and hug the old wreck of a man. Looking up to see both Jasmine and Marcus amazed by seeing him cry and act this way.

“You sure are Alex’s son if you have those eyes” he says after I am sure he is okay to be let go of, “My I was unsure if you would come back or where even alive” he steps back to look at me in full, he then asks me to come sit and tell him about the adventures I have been on the last eight years. I can understand why he was what 36 when I last saw him? He would be 44 now, old but not as old as Jackson being in his late 50’s.

He opens a door to room that was the dining room but different from what I remembered, he pull out a chair and motions me to join to him, I do so pulling out a chair of my own. He askes both Jasmine and Marcus to get a Maid to bring us some tea we talk over it. “I am sorry you had to see me in such a state I am sure it gave you quite the shock seeing me like that” it sure did as I was not expecting a foster father ball his eyes at the sight of me.

“So how have you been faring over the last eight years I have not seen you?” I take in a deep breath and tell the story of where I have been and what I had done, wick, the old shelter, the finding of the city, the training, finding jasmine, the first time I had killed someone, stopping here and there to answer questions of his and laughing about some things I had come across, every bit I would usually not tell someone, but I just let it flow out talking to him like he was someone I was able to tell this to like Jackson, I don’t know how to describe it but it felt like someone who understood the pain and troubles I was going through.

“That is quite the story you have and I can tell your mind has been under a lot of pressure from going through all of it” I scoff at that finding it funny to the extent that he knew I was suffering. The maid enters a long time after she was requested. “I am Sorry for being late Lord I have the tea like you have requested” he smiles as the maid walks to place the tea for both of us, “Don’t worry too much Alice my dear you have only started to work here so its fine if you are late” a new maid? I thought there was no need to get any as the hundreds of maids and butlers he had working for him where did they all go? “You are wondering where all the other servants went yes?” I look at Nathans with some surprise as he had just guessed my question, “We had to decrease the number after the civil war started to escalate and we were afraid that somewhere spies” would you still have risk of spies even if you got rid most of the servants, ”You also be correct by saying the risk remains if we were to get rid of most but we had all of them replaced with some trained from the capital and~” he looks over at me waiting for my response I sigh, “And we all know how thorough the capital is with rebels” he smiles and stirs his cup of tea.

The maid drops off mine as well I thank her and she smiles back, holy shit she is beautiful, no get a hold of yourself man you have one person you have and that is merry! I start to stir my cup as well. before the maid could leave Nathans ask her to stay and that it is fine is she was to listen in.

He take a sip of his tea and clears his throat, “So, the two men you had killed how did think of it?” Nathans tone and manners change a lot, “I did not want to ask the question earlier while you were talking” I feel uncomfortable answering it as if I were to speak I feel as if I would be judge in a way but I should just speak and let it off my chest, “It felt horrid I wish I could say my blood froze but it was literally freezing over, when I had the advantage of one of first man and pulled the trigger his and mine meet before he went into the unknowing force of death I never want to see those eyes aging but my dreams and such as of late have been seeing his eyes along with the second guys eyes that were filled with more hate and fear then the other I just-” “You don’t have to continue I understand” Nathans cut me off before I could break down.

I look down and see my hand shaking remembering those faces, I manage to calm myself to the point I could take a sip of my tea. I now understand why he ask for it and wanting to talk he knew just by little gestures I made that I did not notice. “With the path you wish to follow you have to memorise those faces into you head as a reminder what for you may ask?” Nathans voice unchanging with the tone sends shivers down my spine, “That could be you if you were to make a mistake” I look at him meeting his eyes seeing who knows what feeling, but that feeling is something that I am going to remember.

I take another sip of my tea and look out of the corner of my eye to see the maid uncomfortable with hearing what was just said, I sigh waiting for maybe Bavon to enter or Jasmine as I hear footsteps coming from the hallway, Nathans looks at me and smirks while taking another sip of his tea.

The doors then open with a tall man wearing very nice clothing and hairstyle, “Bavon what is it that you want with me” I spit out what I was going to take a sip of when hearing the name, “Father, its seems you have forgotten but I am now the lord of the estate, of the family” he looks at Bavon with a little mischief planned, “Bavon am I not allowed to have vist-” “You have to tell me of these things beforehand you know the situation we are in” Bavon retorts back before Nathans even finished, “Well I was not expecting him either so take it up with Marcus and Jasmine not me” Bavon seems pissed hearing that information, “So who is-” “Arthor” Bavon faces turned from frustration to confession in a record time of milliseconds, “Arthor~?” Bavon extends to know my last name, “Knight, Arthor Björn Knight Bavon nice to see you again” Bavon looks at me with even more confusion than ever, I could hear the pencil in his draw a line to connect the dots.

Once all of them finished he charged at me startling me making me move back from my chair on to the floor, I was then picked up by my collar and shaking violently, “YOU FUCKER WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THIS ENITER TIME!!!” it is safe to say I had to be more worried about Bavon the Nathans being pissed.