56. The antidote

Within a moment he was at her back, sitting on Onyx behind her. The wind around them blew heavily, waving her cape in the air. Her heart skipped a beat. She gulped then opened her mouth to speak.

"What are you?" She asked in a low voice. 

The next moment she spoke, everything was back to normal. The wind around them settled calm. The temperature that was dropped to cold was back to normal. Cressida wandered her eyes on the normality. Zorion bends forward and took the reins in his hands. Cressida jerked and turned her head around. She looked at him through her shoulder. His face was usual and there was no change in his eyes.

"What happened just now?" She asked. Confusion and worry clearly showed up in her voice.

"Nothing," Zorion replied and turned her horse around to the direction of the East.