“You’ve started some shit, you know.” I was helpless before her, and there was not a raven in sight. She picked up my defenseless form and placed me onto a nearby cold pyre. Humming contentedly to herself, she arranged more bones over me, nearly covering me completely. “There. You know what to do now. You go ahead and take care of things. I’ll keep watch.” The woman that once swore my destruction turned her back on me. I almost cried again. Instead, the fire lept from my heart and took to the bones. In the midst of the conflagration, I settled into deeper sleep.
4,659 words