The Lions of House Cousland

by UndomielWrites

As cousins, the future of House Cousland rests upon Talvinder and Savreen. But with their family gone and their home in ashes, the only future remaining to them lies in stopping the Blight. CW: gore, death, implied suicidal ideation, trauma, torture, loss, assault. Sav is created by my editing partner, UnderLavenderSkies.

49. Interlude Four

They came first for the Dwarves,

claw and tooth against stone and flesh.

For a time they were waylaid in battle,

and the world above knew not what had been created

at their own hand.

But in darkness do dark things thrive,

and none living could stem the tide of the dead—

for even stone crumbles, sure as flesh turns to dust.

Threnodies 9:3