Back from Talen Hall

[aldersprig]

 Written to Thnidu’s commissioned continuation of Down to Talen Hall. 

Do not go by the TalenHall
Where ruined Talen’s Holdings Lie

My sisters dance by Talen Hall
Where ruined Talen’s Holdings lie.
My aunts and cousins, once in thrall,
Sing taunting songs to pale moonlight. 

They were not my sisters, and yet they were.

My sister stood off to the side, an iron firepoker in her hand.  She’d grown while I was gone, and grown again in the time I’d been back.  She was a woman.

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Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

Awww, you made it sad :( Now I want to see the husbands' and/or kids' POV. They're faeries, so do they feel the same way about losing their wives/mothers?