CHAPTER 23

About twenty years earlier, just after the separation of the Elven community into Light and Dark tribes, Vilda and Livia were still adolescents living within the forests to the southwest of Demkil’s lands. Of course, this was before Demkil’s invasion, which would happen fifteen years later. Young Vilda was still coming to terms with the separation; not only did she have many Light Elven friends, but she actually secretly agreed with the oath the Light Elves made. She had thought the way of living without killing another living creature was a beautiful one, but it went against her own family’s way. No matter what, she couldn’t defy her own people.