An Ode to Vár (Part Three)

Prompt: Doodle  |  Genre: Fantasy  |  Word count: 85 words

Note: Doodle (alternate meaning): to play music casually

Einarr leaned against the threshold, his eyes staring off into the night.

“Isn’t that the Heilsa Vár?”

“Huh?”, startled, Einarr looked around in a daze. That’s when he noticed the harp in his lap. “Oh, I didn’t realize....”

Runa knelt beside him, “Don’t stop, love. It’s been so long since I heard you play.”

He gave her a half-smile and looked out again, “It’s been so long since Spring was here.”

Cloaked in the darkness, Raven’s feathers ruffled as he grunted, “And your broken Oath...?!”