Alexei
The funeral was held, gloomy, overcast, and full of weeping and mournful prayers.
Cassie's coffin was pulled to her grave by a couple of pure-white horses, their hooves clip-clopping on the glinting grey cobblestones, up through the green hills of the cemetery.
Autumn and Loki were beside themselves with grief.
Together, the two mourning parents released a white dove, symbolizing the flight and departure of Cassie's soul up to Heaven, where she would eternally be, waiting for us to one day join her.
I wept as did my parents, feeling the mutual grief of losing a child too, for Cassie was like their own daughter, and they loved her like they loved Ana and me.
The skies opened, and rain again began to descend, misting over all, bringing freshness to the earth as we all withdrew back to the church, leaving Cassie to her final resting place.