Tender Captivity

At dusk, the curtain of the horizon was gradually drawn down. The light and shadow on the seashore were mottled by the lighthouse.

At night, the seawater dissipated the warmth of the day, leaving a cold, biting chill that forces people's brain to gradually clear and calm thinking.

The reason why he said those words to Alaric and the others was not to provoke them.

He was serious. For so many years