Visions

(Set after the siege of The Iron Hills)


One by one, the defenders fall.
He blinks. Start again.
A shift in position. A warning of danger. Half of them live.
He sends the message out.
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They kill Taliesin first. The rest is a foregone conclusion.
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His throat is raw with smoke. He cannot remember the last time he slept.
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It takes five of them to drag Vrinn down. He bleeds out from a dozen wounds. Phaedra is already still and silent in the snow. Not that way, then.
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Has he eaten, someone asks. He shakes his head. The food they bring him tastes like ash.
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Volatia’s eyes are blue so blue and betrayed. They are the last thing he sees as the world goes cold.
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The blade slides through flesh. Severine’s wide eyes are the same shade as the blood that spills down the bodice of her dress.
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Illara dies with her throat slit. Illara dies impaled on ice. His only comfort is knowing she will wake up in Dalvath, far away from here. They will not let her leave.
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Volatia comes in blood-stained armor and tells him to rest. He cannot tell any more what is now and what is then and what is not yet come to pass. He obeys.

Authors

• Cassander Dolore