Chapter 54From the window of Kallan's bower, propped comfortably in the window's sill, Rune stared through the dark of night into the distance. Pillars of smoke rose from the lake to the sky. At just the right angle, he could see the red flames engulf the twelve ships, their light reflecting on the black sheet of water. From there the flames followed the clouds of billowing smoke beneath the waning crescent moon that provided sufficient light across Gunir.
With a sigh, Kallan splayed out a gown over her bed alongside five others as the door of her sitting room opened.
“Still here, Brother?” Bergen asked as he entered the bedchamber.
Rune said nothing, not bothering to look away from the longships engulfed in flame.
“The children and Elders from the Northern Keep have settled in, and Ge
