Diablo III: The Order by Nate Kenyon

Author:Nate Kenyon [Kenyon, Nate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781451645668
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Cain found Leah still sitting cross-legged on the rock, staring at the valley below. He sat down next to her in silence and waited patiently for her to speak.

“There are no animals,” she said, after a time. “Where have they all gone? And the trees. Look at them.”

Cain followed her gaze out over the valley toward Kurast, huddled in the distance like a blight upon the world. In days past, the growth would have been a lush, vibrant green, but the trees grew ever more gray and stunted as they neared the city, as if a fire had run through them, turning their leaves to ash.

“I suspect the animals are in hiding, much like most of the people,” he said. “They sense that the world around us is not calm or welcoming. The trees are a part of that.”

“Why aren’t we hiding too?”

It was impossible to answer. In the old days, Cain might have begun a lecture about the history of evil and the rise of heroes who battled against it. In the absence of true heroes, others must answer the call. But something made him pause. “I was thinking,” he said simply, “that it might be time for that. To find a place where you would be safe.”

She looked at him sharply. “You would come with me?”

“I have my own journey still ahead of me, Leah. I must not shy away from my destiny. I will find a place for you, I promise. And I will return, when the time is right.”

They sat in silence for a moment. Cain thought of the long road back the way they had come. The bridge had fallen; they would have to search for a place to cross, and even if they could find it, there was no shelter for them in Caldeum. Where else could they go? All the way across the sea, to Westmarch? There was no shelter for a little girl there, either. The orphanages were little better than slave camps. He sighed, and rubbed his itchy beard. A journey like that would take weeks, and by then it would be too late for everyone.

“I miss my mother,” Leah said. A tear trickled down her cheek. “And I don’t remember what happened last night. Why don’t I remember?”

“Our minds do strange things sometimes. But everything is going to be all right.” Even as the words left his mouth, Cain felt the betrayal, the lie in them. “The truth is,” he said, “I don’t know why. I don’t have all the answers, although I wish I did.”

Leah seemed to shrink into herself, hunching her shoulders against the world. “Please don’t leave me alone,” she said. She looked up at him, her eyes glimmering in the morning light. “Please.”

“It would be best—”

“I want to go with you!” Leah suddenly leaned forward and hugged him violently, her little arms clutching at his tunic. Her tears wet his chest. “I don’t know anyone anymore, I don’t even know who my real mother is, and I don’t want to be alone.

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