The Last Light, Chapter 1

 

Chapter 1

A ranger entered the town, throwing back her cloak hood. It was an young woman. She hurried to the building in the center of the town where she entered a doorway and was greeted by a slightly old man, with a few black hairs on his gray head.
“Welcome, welcome. You must be the ranger, Areena, was it? You are just in time. The others will be in shortly. I am Karba, father to Killion, one of your companions on the trip. He will be in soon, with Marcillius. ” Areena tried to butt in, but he rambled on, while guiding her to a room.

“Let me get you a drink. You know the water here comes from our cellars, very cold, and sometimes we get it from the mountains or the....”

Areena sat in a chair near a fireplace. She was so stunned with the news that she was going to have companions or go on a journey, that the old man, Karba, surprised her when he came in with a wooden cup of icy spring water. He started to talk so quickly that Areena couldn't say a word. Even when two young men came in, one with a broadsword and one with a staff that had a blade at one end, he didn't stop talking, apart for a,

“HelloKillionandMarcilliusnowasIwassayingAreena....”