Marked By Hell
Grief had its own paths, worn as deeply.
The stream lay low in its banks, swollen from recent rain, its surface darkened by shadow and leaf-fall. It moved steadily, quietly, unconcerned with plague or prayer or the careful rules of men. Reeds bent along its edges, whispering softly as the current passed, their thin leaves brushing one another with a sound like breath.
Elizabeth paused at the bank. She inhaled deeply, filling her lungs with damp air that smelled of wet stone and green growth. The world felt wider here. Less watched. Less owned.
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