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The gods have killed all the witches.

Well, one of them still survives. And thankfully, her sisters were able to take many of the gods with them. But when a goddess resurfaces to take over the human world, will our heroine accept a call to stop her? Or will she prefer to be left alone and live a simple, peaceful life by herself?

And what will she do if others come expecting her to help? After all, Afena is known to have killed a god by herself. How can she escape that kind of reputation?

Afena Inarenta

Afena spent all that time with her mind drawing a complete blank. It shut off in preparation to greet her end. Her body functioned simply because it was its function to do so, and the contents of her mind had nothing to do with whether her lungs drew or pushed, her heart beat, or her blood flowed.

Later on, Afena would remember the peace, tranquility, and gentleness of that time. A kind of dying before her actual death that allowed her to make peace with the idea of simply...stopping, or ceasing, to be. There was no cold or heat, no dark or light, no something or nothing.

She didn't even notice when Ol approached her. Nor did she mind the warning calls from the vusok hidden in the distance. Sitting on the same spot she'd chosen when deciding to simply wait, her head was lowered, eyes open but blind. Snow had piled on top to hunch her down with its weight.

Mother and Son