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2024-10-29 19:42:56WaterRose, Meadow Mountain, Grier Country
SEBASTIAN
Snow had begun falling on Meadow Mountain. And with it came Sebastian. Dragging in a wiltry tree he’d cut down.
Dusty white flakes fell softly with no wind to disturb them. Coating the land in a white haze. Frosting branches until they shimmered beneath a coating of chilled fur. The flowers ever in bloom in the valley around WaterRose remained the same under the icy coating suspending the petals.
Sebastian smelled the bread Elengard was baking and saw candles were already brightening every window.
He glimpsed the valkyrie at the end of the hall on the second level. Peering down to watch him drag it through the foyer. A silvery plait circling her crown and coming down over one violet-clad shoulder. He felt her penetrating gaze studying what he did.
Every year she watches me.
She’ll stand in the shadow of the stair dais and
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