Chapter 99

My gaze fixated on the burning pyre, each crackling ember echoing the ache in my chest. I swallowed the lump in my throat, attempting to quell the rising tide of tears threatening to escape. I've already cried enough last night. If I send him off, I want to at least do it without looking too miserable. I know he wouldn't want that.

Onera Silva sprawled in the distance, its lush greenery contrastin