airdirt
Wingate Carlton wakes beside the Hearth fire and finds a maiden formed from flame kneeling before her.
Her name is Nyrielle.
She has come to tell the part of the story the songs forget: not the root that held the breaking world together, but the flame that stayed beside him.
Long ago, when Elarion tried to take care of everyone else, Nyrielle asked the question no legend wanted to answer:
If he is taking care of everyone else, who will take care of him?
A mythic fantasy short about love, sacrifice, longing, and the quiet courage of staying.