The strange woman was still screaming when I found out It was Laura and the woman on the ground, weak and tattered was my mother.

“Mother?” I cried out, bending over to hug her even with how dirty she looked. She looked so different from the woman I knew but I could identify my mother even in a crowd filled with humans.

Her long dark hair was wild, her clothes torn and dusty. She had a bruise on ther upper arm which was pretty bad.

“Take her inside.” I ordered no one in particular but then two warriors carried her carefully into Diane's chambers. I then turned my attention to...