A Cold Welcome

[Fallon’s POV]

Hindrick and I stood together, watching as Rosa was hoisted onto a raft covered in handmade flowers. If I didn’t actually know that she was gone, she would look as though she were simply sleeping, but no matter how much I wished that were the case, it wasn’t.

Keeping my gaze fixed on the unmoving woman, I watched as she was slowly and carefully lowered down until the raft she was on met the ocean’s surface. And when it began to drift out, I, along with Hindrick and the others, lifted my bow and placed my burning arrow against it.

Sending out a prayer for eternal comfort in Titiana’s arms. I along with those around me, let the arrow loose so it could land around Rosa and set her ablaze.

"May Titiana welcome her with warmth and comfort," Hindrick murmurs. "Thank you for your years of dedication to not only Langley, but to me."

Finished with his send-off, Hindrick grows quiet, but I can feel the devastation that is radiating from him over losing one of his own. I could onl