Noctisardor Bypass bury me inside this labyrinth bed

ezra saw. gideon saw. and heda did not see how ava struggled, for that strained young face was lifted toward god with beatified smile and all hope shining there, limning her in a glow which chased away the strain for a moment.
god moved here, in the still, small moments, in the children whom the powerful one had left with her.
and she thanked him in a quiet prayer, for the sight of her sons, for the health of rivenwood, for the love of her daughters.