Kingdom of Ash

Murtaugh’s body to press a kiss to his brow.
As much as the sheet would allow them to see,
after what the Valg had done.
She had escorted her ward from the
chamber just as Darrow and the others
arrived.
Lysandra hadn’t bothered to look at
Darrow, at any of them who hadn’t dared to
do what Murtaugh had done. His death, they’d
learned, had rallied the men at the wall. Made
them topple that siege tower. A lucky, costly
victory.
Lysandra had helped Evangeline bathe,
made sure she got a hot meal, and tucked her
into bed before returning.
Finding Aedion still beside Ren, his hand
still on the kneeling lord’s shoulder.
So she’d lingered here, at the doorway. Her
own vigil, while the well of her power
refilled, while the wounds she’d sustained