Embers Light

Now, in that study at the river estate, Sage looked down at the female who would be staying with him for the near future. At the eyes that had drained of fire at the sound of her sister's words and were now nothing but hollow, unseeing."You're coming with me to the Allurian Mountains, " he told her. Those steel blue eyes bore into his, unblinking. He waited for the retort, for the snide remark that would send him reeling but it didn't come.
Somehow, that was worse. It meant that the situation was far graver than any of them had realised.