Regret and Revenge

Charlotte died to shore up her master's house. Her bones grew into the foundation and pushed up through the walls, feeding his power and continuing the cycle. As time passes and the ones she loved fade away, the house and the master remain, and she yearns ever more deeply for vengeance.

LULLABY FOR A LOST WORLD by Aliette de Bodard is a gruesome piece of flash fiction, leaving me with several unanswered questions. I'm not certain, but I think this story takes place in the Dominion of the Fallen, a series by the same author. In any case, the POV is chilling, told from the rotting corpse of a girl who has been sacrificed. The ending is a sinister surprise.

As always,
AstraDaemon