Ouroboros Spine I can't breathe, this hole in my chest

Rodyn hadn't meant to be the one to bring such grave news. And though he longed to allow her to grieve, he couldn't quite stop his own.

Iii'm Ssssorry. I know iit iiis sssudden to jjjust ssshow. He couldn't finish. There were no more words that he could press past russet lips. No words that could form in the recesses of his mind, so filled with pain that it was difficult to think.

She tried her hardest to hold him fast. ANd were it any other time and any other moment. He would have possibly laughed at their size different, but he couldn't. Not this time.

A soft wail. Then why didn't they take me! He cried out in his father's grief. With the grief of a husband.

Quietly they began to quell. IT was amazing what a mother's embrace could do for a son. A mother of heart and love and all the best of things. A deep shudder within his throat. A cry again.