The day of the final surrender started with a steady bombardment of the coastal defenses by the naval forces. The chaos and confusion was serious enough to cause most of the town’s merchants and politicians to plead for respite and to negotiate terms of surrender since no amount of fighting would benefit the British position unless they received immediate reinforcement from the forces still lingering in the New York City area.There was a feeling in the air that the early and unexpected arrival of the French fleet and the disappointment of the absence of the British fleet had already sealed the outcome of the battle about to begin and no amount of negotiation or deal making would reverse the winds of war.The mood on the British side of the lines was subdued and most of the Tory residents remaining under British control were unanimous in wanting Cornwallis to allow them to withdraw to a safe harbor out of harm’s way.The British high command advised to not take that step despite the fact. He was dead and it was her fault. She’d chosen.“You are my high priestess.”She pushed that thought away, too. Now was not the time. She needed to grieve. She needed some penance for what she’d done. She needed some penance for the man lying dead in front of her.“There is no penance, child. Death lost this day, but it comes for all in its own time. I have claimed you. You are mine.”She shook her head, willing the words into the background. With a reluctance she could feel, the words ebbed – but their import did not. Their demands of her did not.“Momma, we have to go,” she said quietly, her voice ridden with torment as she succumbed to the demands of the goddess within her mind.“I can’t go, Bena,” Elva wailed, her head tilting into her youngest daughter’s chest. “I can’t leave him.”“Yren is out there, Momma,” Bena continued, her voice hiccupping with sobs. The words in her mind would not be denied, only postponed ... and then, only for so long. “He’s out there ... and he needs us.”“You.
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