This is my submission for the Tamora Pierce Experiment hosted by KrisEleven. I hope you guys like it, I haven't posted any Circle of Magic for a while. :)

A/N: I made an offhand reference to my OC Calcifer here, I do love him dearly.


She had been powerful, a force of nature among mortals.

She had been steadfast, a pillar of strength.

She had been intelligent, sharp eyes always learning.

She was smart enough to know defeat.

After all, lightning can't strike time.

So there she lay, withered.

Her husband beside her.

Whispering sweet nothings.

In…out.

Silence.