Title: Sole Nobility

Rating: G

Couple/Character: Alanna of Trebond/Liam Ironarm

Summary: One evening after receiving his letter from the Wildcat, Alanna contemplates her feelings concerning the Dragon's death.


"He used his death well."

Alanna recalled the Wildcat's words with a painful clarity. They'd numbed her once spoken, because she realized she agreed with Liam's mentor. For years she'd been of the devout opinion that dead was dead, and one couldn't accomplish anything from the grave. The Dragon's death had changed her: he'd fallen the way she herself expected to, fervently fighting for what he believed to be right, protecting his comrades as ferociously as the mythical animal he was named for.

She gazed out at the wind rippled, moonlight dappled dunes. Salty, warm tears wet her cheeks.