Lia saw her father look at the statue in the garden. The features of her face fell as she did so. Not because she missed her this time, but because her father had changed when her mother had passed. He no longer had the time for her and she was left to tutors and nursemaids. Then there was that strange sound of one of the guards gasping in surprise. The strange clink of the crystal on the stone that was laid beneath them. Lia instantly dove for the crystal not caring what happened to her. Her wings were spread and once again, with the crystal around her neck, she stood in a fighting position. Her nostrils were flared as smoke rose from them and fire sat on her tongue. She hissed in anger as she gazed at the hand of the necronian then the ashes of the fallen guard. It was then that she jumped up in front of Koto protectively.