I Have Returned

In the Forest of Gloom, within the cottage where Frederick had been reacquainted with Zandor, the World Will of this world, and where Selina had received her healing, a man as beautiful as the stars in the sky sat next to a small bed. The cottage was modest at best, and there was no fanciful decoration befitting of one with a status as high as Zandor’s; but it was his home. The forces of nature were strong in this place, and everything that sought refuge here experienced a great boon. It didn’t matter that the Forest of Gloom formed its surroundings; this place was full of the blessings of nature.

On the small bed was a young boy of about 12 or 13. This boy looked slightly emancipated, almost as though he hadn’t eaten for months, but his good looks still remained. If anything, his baby fat had been forced to leave sooner than they should have, and his face had been chiselled out so brilliantly that one could bet that a rock could have been cut by those jawlines. The young boy’s hair w