Jade sat in silence next to the gurney where Damon lay motionless and pale. River had managed to stabilize him, even bring him back from the brink of death, but none of his efforts had brought Damon back into consciousness. The flock of ravens outside had become quiet, scattered among the trees. Watching, waiting for them to leave the safety of Havenhold. Occasionally Vivian or River would come in and try to rouse her from her seat in some attempt to get her to eat or move around. Astar and Lilly had come in and sat next to her in silence as well, Lilly's hand on her shoulder as Astar mumbled to Damon in tones that Jade couldn't quite pick up.<br/><br/>She was angry with herself for being angry with him. He had surely done this to himself for a good reason, to protect his home and family in a last ditch effort that for some reason required him to almost kill himself.<br/><br/>In a fit of blind rage she stood, sending the chair across the room, and cursed at him. If he woke up, no,<span style="font-style: italic">when</span>he woke up, she was going to give him a piece of her mind. Assuming she hadn't already left and decided she was finished with the nonsense of this place.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Astar cursed as his hand made contact with the air, dodging a blow from River. Aside from visting Jade in River's lab, or the other women in the libraries or kitchens, the two of them had scarcely left the training room since the passive siege on Havenhold had begun. He could sense his father outside, biding his time. Astar refused to give him the satisfaction of surrender.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Mia watched Havenhold from a distance. She was blatantly ignoring her mother's advice, waiting for the moment when she could sneak into the fortress. Overhead, Stavros's dragon form circled lazily with Viola seated on his long neck. It was too quiet, too still.