Sunset Valley 'til the day that i die

she followed where the crow flew. to the east, to the heart of the valley.
it brought her closer to the glacier, but she did not yet cross the invisible line that marked its boundaries. she spent a lot of time chasing ghosts for someone who who was so eager to abandon the past.
but she sought her sons. they were nothing if not her last tethers to the earth.
her travels brought her far from winsook and it demanded sustenance in return for the journey. a lone stag grazed upwind—its focus entirely on the tender shoots of grass beneath its hooves.
her jaw ticked.