The Tiger Within
/ The Tiger Within Chapter 487
The smoke filled the air and twirled up through the trees and into the night sky by the time they were done . The pyre the people had been left to rot on was nothing but ash on the ground . Kyera stood quietly beside the fire, there was a look of contemplation in her eyes . The last flames died down to embers in the silence .
"Why… Why leave them here and not burn them?" Kan demanded angrily . He couldn't hold it in anymore . The situation was driving him mad . What was the use in this .
Advertisement"They saw us as cowards . Rather than giving these people a decent burial, or burning them as is our custom they left them to be devoured by scavengers . They see it as a punishment for being unwilling to fight the humans again . " Kyera replied standing as she spoke . She dusted her dress off, the leather and fabric thankfully meant for such conditions . She walked to the remaining ash their bodies had returned to . Kneeling Kuera closed her eyes .
"Father into your hands, I entrust my people . Show them the mercy they did not find on earth . Give me the strength to protect their loved ones still on this earth, and keep them close to my heart and my side in battle and in peace . " Kyera murmured the words as the shadows slowly swirled through the ash lifting it and dispersing it among the trees .
"Those who sustained by this land return to sustain it . The spirits that protected it move on to protect it in the after life . As it should be . " A formless, genderless voice offered its words of wisdom . Kyera smiled softly as she raised her head see a shapeless being formed of the forest aura wavering above the ashes .
"Guardian of the Ash, thank you for your plea . " Kyera felt Kan kneel as she spoke . He was intelligent enough to follow her lead .
"Thank you for answering my desperate cry . I feel the anger in your heart, dear one . What shall you do?" The form asked seeming curious as it teased at the shadows that spread the Ash . Kyera took a deep breath and sat back on her ankles . The baby in her tummy shifted as she did, her approval for the position change evident .
"I shall move forward . I have a baby to bare, and once the child is born and tucked safely away I will wage war on the dark ones . We do not wish to fight but if we must… we must . " Kuera replied her voice was firm but broken hearted . Genocide of her own people… that was hard to swallow .
"It will not solve this darkness . They are misguided, Queen Kyera . You may save them yet… most of them at least . " The spirit replied and Kyera looked up at it . There was a sensation in her chest that fluttered and slowly stilled .
"I am but a Princess…" Kyera reminded it, puzzled by the words .
"Perhaps… if that is all you choose to be . The forest is changing . Trees grow, flowers die, and our people leave us . Some barriers made to keep one enemy out makes one vulnerable to another . " The spirit replied and Kyera flinched . Realization dawned and her mouth showed her shock .
"I can not . " Kyera tried to refute the meaning of these words . Her heart began to pound and her body tremble .
"You may choose not to, my lady Queen . However, you very much can . " The spirit replied before disappearing into the wind, taking ash with it and distributing it among the trees . Kyera reached out to stop it, but it was too late . Finally, the wind stopped and Kyera stood rooted to the spot .
Chapter end
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