Chapter 7 · free to read
One fire lit at the top to show the dead the way down. One fire lit at the bottom to show the army the way up. And a village in the middle of them.
A hundred lanterns to keep two fires apart. Not a road home. A firebreak.
Her wraith had come for her on the first night. His had come for him on the second. They were not two hauntings. They were a pair, and they had done this before, and they were extremely good at it.
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