Chapter 43: Learning to CopeThe funeral pyres burned constantly for the next forty eight hours as our city honored its dead. The heavy pall of smoke coincided with a change in the weather, the skies overcast and heavy rain falling as I stood with the other mourners outside the gates.
Lucas, Conal and Nick attended every funeral with me, after I announced it was my duty to attend. Listening as tributes were delivered for each of our dead, I sorrowfully realized that I'd learned more about these people after their deaths than I'd been given the opportunity to do in life.
The three men were resplendent in suits, the muted colors soaked to a darker hue by the constant rain. In contrast, I'd elected to wear white, with Marianne providing a knitted cashmere skirt and jacket. I stood beneath th
