Dragoncrest Cliffs and just measure the beat on

chacal arrived, and the chasm marking val’s heartbreak widened.

he stepped away so that she could embrace the still form of her mother. for all the fading warmth on her features, val was subdued by how cold and still rosalyn’s body seemed.

chacal’s saltwater tears joined that of her brother, of the sea; joining ranks with the endless blue which thundered before them and would still do so long after they were gone.

when chacal cried his name val hugged her fiercely, a wellspring of tears darling his face as he pulled away. his heart was laden with the gravity of their loss. she is with erzulie now. it was all she wanted. he murmured softly. we should howl for them, for sapphique.