City of Steel (Chaos Awakens book 3)
“Annoyingly, his less than solid shadow-companion accompanied him. Young Xan walked out in the open at his side, striding about like there was no chance anyone would see him, which there wasn't. Only Xan could see the other Xan, but that didn't make his brazen attitude any less disturbing to witness in comparison to Xan’s careful stealth."I don't like the looks of this." Young-Xan said as his older, more trollish duplicate was dashing behind a low piece of brush. "Or the sounds of it." He added ...after a moment. "There are no fires burning in that town, and I can't hear anyone. This isn't a huge town, but even in these troubled times there should be some sign that there are people inside."Xan didn't answer himself. He didn't want to risk the noise. His younger self was right enough about the depth of the silence around the town. It was early enough in the day that people should have been going about their tasks. The smith should have been working his anvil. The mills should have been grinding the last of their grain from the silos, getting them ready to welcome a new year of harvest.MoreLess
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