The Cost of Freedom

Will could not only see the thoughts of the young Alex, but feel what his life must have been like. He floated in the sky above Alex and his sister while they walked to the nearest inn. He could see the young girl's dress was big on her, even despite it being small. He could see her ribs from being malnourished.

Will's temper was flaring. He had just set up this city. He had made it as a safe haven from the world which enslaved. From the world which killed the elderly and poor.

His mind raced to the day he had met Maya. When the Crimson Knights were about to take her into captivity much the same way that Alex and his sister were now.

His eyes followed the siblings until they went into the entrance to the inn. Then he backtracked to the shelter doors he had seen them come out of.

Will descended from the air to the double doors. The moment his feet touched the ground, he rapped three times on the door.