Circle of Days

In the days since the Spring Rite, he had made up his mind to leave his family at the first opportunity. There was a rumble of chatter and a sense of excitement in the air as Seft and his family drew closer. Perhaps she had to be strong, to endure life with Troon. When the celebrations were over, and the crowd had at last gone home to their beds, Joia and Dee sat on one of the nine stones, looking in the starlight at what they had done.