Chapter 641: Ashes Beneath Old Truths
Caspian sighed.
It came out slow, heavy, like it had been sitting in his chest for too long.
"I never really thought about it," he admitted at last.
A frown creased his face as his hand moved to his back. Without a second thought, he pulled out a chair and sat down to ease the pain.
He leaned back in the chair, groaning softly.
Then he returned his gaze to Eldric, who was still focused on him… along with everybody else.
"Now that you're saying it," Caspian continued slowly, "there was something."
His brows drew together as he tried to reach into a memory he hadn't touched in years.
"But it was more like a tale people told around bonfires," he said. "A tale from when I was younger. I didn't think much of it then. No one did either, I think. Things like that weren't… important to people."
He gave a short, dismissive shake of his head.
"We didn't care. So it got forgotten, or perhaps buried."
