Kingdom of Ash

left to endure their own torment for ten long
years. She owed them this much.
Deep, deep, deep she went, as if she could
outrun what was to come, as if she could hide
from it.
The hammer glinted in the firelight as it
rose over her knee, Cairn’s breath sucking in,
anticipation and delight mingling on his face.
Fenrys blinked, over and over and over. I
am here, I am with you.
It didn’t stop the hammer from falling.
Or the scream that shattered from her
throat.