Bella
I went to see Ellie who was preparing the funeral arrangements for Mark. I stood at the side as she finally lit the fire on the pyre. The fire built higher and higher until it finally consumed Mark’s body. The smoke from his pyre twisted and swirled high up in the sky. Ellie shifted to her wolf and she howled mournfully towards the sky. Joining her were the howls of every person who was in mourning with her, mourning their child, their husbands, their loved ones. Goosebumps ran up my skin. Their howls pierced deep into our heart and soul, feeling their sorrows as one.
I knelt down and hugged Ellie’s wolf who had curled up in sorrow. I shed tears into her fur.
“Ellie, I know you are hurting. I’m here. I’m here for you…”
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Night
