Fraya
Tonight, we count our losses, and we give them the love and respect they deserve for what they had sacrificed. A candle will be lit for every soul lost and I will send them up into the sky as we all say our prayers. Afterwards, we will have a private funeral for Owen. I hate to wake Carlina up, to force her to stand through it and watch her mate burn, but I know she would want to be there, to have a chance to say goodbye, a chance that so many won’t be getting tonight.
I softly make my way up to the room where Alexander had said he took her and I find her tossing and turning on the bed, sweat dripping down her body and her mouth open on a silent scream. My heart breaks for her and I want to fall on my knees and beg her to forgive me for not taking better care of him. I sit on my k
