Memories

There was a reason it was called the Nuxvar village, and that was because it was indeed a village, undeveloped and not bothered about change, or maybe they didn’t know about the change seeing that they were practically cut off from the rest of the world by the Oerth forest and the very crazy Goddess, Indie, of the said forest.

There were more people living right at the outskirts of the village by the edge of the forest than they had expected, and the way they were being carefully watched and distanced told them that it was not everyday that someone walked out of the forest coming from the other side. And they had arrived when it was night time.

Ryder instinctively wrapped an arm around Lyra’s shoulder and pulled her closer still to himself as they continued walking further into the village. His eyes were sharp and alert, and so were Xanth’s and Iris’. Lyra felt like walking diamond, like a treasure that everyone wanted and would kill to get, and she