A History of War
Life is difficult enough for a Lirian soldier. Training for ten years, hunting evil deimos, solving crimes, facing powerful weilders, keeping the peace in a tension-filled world, each Lirian soldier has a lot on their plate. It doesn't become any easier if you have to deal with a dark past that looms at every corner. How will Lais Felix and Helen Song, two best friends with tragic pasts, handle life as soldiers while running from their past? Will they manage to escape their tragic beginnings? Or will the past finally catch up to them?
Two of A Kind
LAIS
I unconsciously put my hand over my neck, half-expecting blood to be still be dripping there, for a crimson shower to be pouring from my neck. That's another nightmare resurfaced, another memory I badly want to put down, but can never seem to do so, I think to myself as I wipe the sweat off my face.
Elen has her way with the sword indeed, a way that seeps into a person's deepest nightmares and crawls through the cracks of a person's mind. Once you've seen what she can do, it is impossible to look at her and imagine peace afterwards. Not that I don't love all five feet of that midget, I'm just painfully aware of how greatly underestimated she is in this force, a fact that will only ever work to her advantage.
Elen and Yamethena. No, Elen and the other one. Elen and swords…