The Goddess Vessel
Each name was a stone dropped into the silent, listening heart of the pack.
As the flames climbed toward the darkening sky, a sound began. It was low at first, a single, shaky voice. Then another joined. And another. It was the song of names. Not the defiant dirge from the siege, but a softer, sadder, more enduring version. A lullaby for the lost. A promise to remember.
I stood between Adrien and the pyre, the heat of the flames on my face, the sound of the song washing over me. The ashes of our dead rose into the twilight, mingling with the smoke of our burned home.
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