They hid for now, because they had to, not because they were weak. There were new orders, ones that came when the secrets of the elf were revealed to them. The elf knew nothing of the gates, but he knew of a place where it could all be found out. How fun using a living host turned out to be. Their previous one, the brother, he was dead when they took his body and his secrets died with him. This time, the mind of the younger elf was still alive when they snatched him and such a beautiful fragile mind it was. One made of goodness and hope and hate and love and lust. They didn’t know such feelings before. They did find them… amusing, if still useless, so they didn’t crush them right away. No, they decided to wait and explore.
Soon however, it became boring – all this hoping that something m
