Morwen was laid to rest on the headland as the sun sank toward the horizon.
Aldric selected the place himself. It sat on the western side of the small courtyard beyond the tower, where the cliff face fell away into the sea below and the evening light lingered longer than anywhere else. He explained that more than a century earlier, a letter from Morwen had passed through trusted hands and eventually reached his circle. In it, she had written that if she ever received a burial, she wanted it there. Looking west. Looking toward the ocean. Looking toward the setting sun.
The four warriors who remained took on the task of digging.
The work was difficult. Most of the headland was solid rock covered by only a shallow layer of soil. Using the two picks Aldric had brought from the circle’s camp
