Chapter 73 THIS WAS MONSTER BUSINESS

— Kaden — We were on the clearing where I married Elaeya. There were no fairy lights, no flowers, no decorations. All the trees were bare except for the evergreens. There were a few early snowflakes falling around us. Pyres had been erected before me. Araeya was singing one of the most mournful songs I ever heard, it shattered everyone’s heart. Families were carrying shroud wrapped bodies to the pyres, one after the other. “Anders Johanson, thirty-nine,” said Jayson beside me,...