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Though she was ever quick to push back against the sentiment, it only rallied the deep regret Anselm felt for the course he'd set for her life. And now she was withering here before him, somehow possessed of an unflinching pragmatism that only brought Anselm to sobs.

He did not regret Ezra or Gideon or even Rivenwood; but if he could do it again he would pass her that first day and she would have never known the strife that she now carried -- and would carry -- to her death.

He was silent for a long time, as was ever his custom -- and he imagined that silence must be a burden to her, with so few seconds left to spare. She had said so many beautiful things and deserved so many more loving words returned to her. Once again Anselm failed in his expectations.

He looked first at her face and knew those eyes would haunt him for many winters. He looked at the way her skin tented over a threadbare set of bones; the lackluster spread of coarse fur dull from life's abuse.

So far from the thrilling image he'd first beheld of Heda Skaigona; reduced now to a punching bag for all of life's miseries.

And their children! Sweet Gideon and brave Ezra would now be motherless childs and would carry that curse throughout their own journeys.

If there was an afterlife, Anselm surely did not deserve to see her face there.

Vhere vill you go?
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yomblod - by Skaigona - October 28, 2024, 11:14 AM
RE: yomblod - by Anselm - November 04, 2024, 11:17 AM
RE: yomblod - by Skaigona - November 04, 2024, 12:09 PM
RE: yomblod - by Anselm - November 04, 2024, 12:38 PM
RE: yomblod - by Skaigona - November 04, 2024, 12:52 PM
RE: yomblod - by Anselm - November 04, 2024, 01:03 PM
RE: yomblod - by Skaigona - November 04, 2024, 01:16 PM
RE: yomblod - by Anselm - November 04, 2024, 01:34 PM
RE: yomblod - by Skaigona - November 04, 2024, 01:49 PM
RE: yomblod - by Anselm - November 04, 2024, 02:06 PM
RE: yomblod - by Skaigona - November 04, 2024, 02:24 PM
RE: yomblod - by Anselm - November 10, 2024, 07:04 PM
RE: yomblod - by Skaigona - November 10, 2024, 07:44 PM
RE: yomblod - by Anselm - November 24, 2024, 10:17 AM