Still close to his home, but once more banished temporarily from Cordelia’s side for all of his worrying over her. He would admit that he might have been suffocating his wife with his anxious presence, never letting her do anything on her own, but all he wanted to do was ensure that she was comfortable and that he was with her the moment she went into labor. But, she needed a break, and a nap, so Noah stepped out from the house. Her aunt and mother planned to come in the afternoon anyway, as they did most days, to work on things for the coming babies.
Noah took himself to an open yard that was once a house not too far from his own. It had been crushed by a dragon during the Second War, and the family chose to rebuild elsewhere rather than remember the attack. Now, Noah was using it as the open space he needed to stretch out his muscles without traveling across the Citadel to the barracks. He was working on his footwork and strikes with his spear as if no one could see him.
Noah took himself to an open yard that was once a house not too far from his own. It had been crushed by a dragon during the Second War, and the family chose to rebuild elsewhere rather than remember the attack. Now, Noah was using it as the open space he needed to stretch out his muscles without traveling across the Citadel to the barracks. He was working on his footwork and strikes with his spear as if no one could see him.
Noah
the sentinel of the north
