the thorns remain

The Thorns Remain

In a Highland village forgotten by the world, the young people who remain after war and flu will soon head south to make something of themselves.

of laughter before parting ways. Moira Jean is being left behind. She too planned to leave once – but her lover died in France and, with him, her future. The friends light a fire and dance. But, with every twirl about the flames, strange new dancers thread between them, music streaming from the trees.

Suddenly Moira Jean finds herself all alone, her friends spirited away.