writing_shadows

[Nov. 14th, 2011|06:16 pm]
Cody had never considered himself a vain man, well not in the traditional sense but he liked to think of himself as rugged looking, a bit rough round the edges, a face that told a story, but the new scars he had on his face told a horror story. He traced his hand down the four scars that ran from his hair line down across the left side of his face and clear down his neck.

It was hard to think how close he had come to death, if he had switched to Hishu instead of Urshul after the fight had finished he would have died. It would have been a good death but not quite good enough, not in his eyes. He flashed a grin at the mirror and flinched at the face that grinned back at him, He used to like his smile it showed the side of him that wasn't Thu Ibru, the side of him that used to be a good father and a loving husband, it was the smile he had given his children when they had done something he approved of, it was the smile that he shared with Valentina in the quiet moments of the night when the kids were in bed and they snuggled up on the sofa in front of the fire.

The thoughts of his family made him turn away from the mirror, They were gone now, and so was the smile he shared with them. He wondered what they would think of the way he looked now. Still he was lucky a few Rahu recently hadn't returned from battle, Hayden and Harm both lost in battle yet he had survived. Mother Luna had other things in mind for this warrior, he was sorry he had missed Harm's funeral but had made arrangements with Jala to go to the Cairn and pay his respects. still if things kept going the way they were he'd see them soon enough.