Ankyra Sound Lay down my bones knowing I'll be in a better place

this was well beyond val's wheelhouse. he looked to the cliff line in anguish; if only chacal or mireille could sense maman's distress and come down screaming from their roost!

val pushed the thin grouse towards rosalyn. by now her shaking had slowed, but her emotions were no less distilled. if anything, she seemed rallied by an unseen spectre he could not conjure nor chase away. who did she speak of? erzulie? where is who?

his gaze cast along the cold shoreline. ankyra had never been one for warmth, and for a moment, he thought he sensed phantasmal things slithering around them. perhaps his family was right -- this place was cursed. maman, we are almost there. eat. you will feel better, and then we can go home.