Sacrifice Your Tears is a short story written for Seanan McGuire's Patreon supporters. It shows Simon's point of view during the wedding at the end of A Killing Frost.
| “ | Say that upon the altar of her beauty You sacrifice your tears, your sighs, your heart: Write til your ink be dry, and with your tears Moist it again, and frame some feeling line That may discover integrity. |
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–William Shakespeare, Gentlemen of Verona | ||
Synopsis[]
It's February, and that means it's time for a story about love...and family, and heartbreak, and trauma, and all that other fun stuff. It's time for a wedding. "Sacrifice Your Tears" covers the Lorden-Torquill wedding from Simon's point of view, and from there into the immediate aftermath.
He's trying so hard.
Plot[]
Characters[]
- Simon Torquill, now Simon Lorden
- Patrick Lorden
- Dianda Lorden
- Luidaeg
- August Torquill
- Peter Lorden
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