People murmured amongst themselves, their voices sharp. Some spoke of the destruction, and others spoke of the thing Elijah had become. Their eyes kept flickering back to the road Elijah was expecting to come from, the anxiousness growing in their minds.

And soon enough, footsteps approached from a distance.

They were measured and slow, walking across the sandy floor toward the gathering. On the outside, he appeared way too calm for a man about to face the aftermath of the chaos and his ...