After I Faked My Death

Summary

For him, for Kael, I chose to remain in this brutal, unfamiliar world.

I taught them to till the soil and coax life from the earth, to hunt with strategy, to master fire. I gave this clan everything I knew, all to see Kael ascend to the rank of Chieftain.

Then, on the day his father was laid to rest, Kael brought a woman back to our stone hut. A timid, trembling thing.

“Lyra,” he’d said, his voice low, “this is Faye. She was my father’s mate.”

He paused, a flicker of something unreadable in his eyes. “By the Old Ways, the Clan Law… I must take her in. I must care for her.”