The portal snapped shut as Lirian walked out behind his mother and the emperor and onto the creaky floors of the house.
It was just the three of them, the rest of the group were using the standard route with his mothers' personal fleet to return to the home world, it was a double diversionary tactic just in case they encountered trouble along the away.
Lirian still remembered the last time he was here, he was accompanied by Anya, Belinda and one of the emperor's aides Cain, Lirian still hated that guy for pulling on his cheeks until they were rosy, it was a painful experience.
Lirian followed them down the stairs of the attic and onto the floorboards that creaked loudly with even the slightest of movements, and soon he found himself outside a shabby looking house on a beach, not that he could see it.
The sandy beach was not to Lirian's taste however, the soft sand made it difficult to feel the vibrations through the ground and his walking cane kept sinking.
