Zshurii's Song (Snippet 13-4)

A story fragment from the Eastsong Cycle

(Read Zshurii’s Song, Snippet 13-3)

Zshurii found Rhecah in a small clearing at the end of a blood-streaked trail, one of many marring the stonework. She had crawled over to Anntica’s standard-bearer and now propped her back against the slain soldier. Her leather helm was cast to the ground at her side. Its three-pronged crest looked scraped and battered, like she had used it to haul herself along the platform. But she wasn’t dead yet.