Redtail Rise lines on ale

Ashlar was glad that she knew and was also glad, still, that he'd said it. He wondered if this anger that he felt made her as sad as it made him, or if it had made her parents feel this way. Even knowing, and understanding, he could find no satisfaction in the answer. He just wished it wasn't necessary.

If it was him, he wouldn't. She was stronger.

When she held his eyes, that's when he could tell that the song had meant something. Avicus did not do such things lightly, and he let the glow of a friend's gratitude warm him. Raven Hollow. He repeated it quietly and felt that it suited the place perfectly. Quiet, somber, and dark as pitch.

seems like a good place to end <3