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Where the Mountains Keep Their Dead by KaterineRomanof
Fandoms: Mulan (Disney Animated Movies)
22 May 2026
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Summary
Winter, 1871.
After her husband’s death, Mulan lives alone on a remote homestead built on stolen frontier land, surviving harsh winters, hostile settlers, and the quiet guilt of a country expanding over graves.
One storm-filled night, she finds a wounded stranger hiding in her barn.
The man is Shan Yu — an Indigenous war leader hunted by soldiers, feared by settlers, and whispered about like a ghost story along the frontier.
Mulan should turn him in.
Instead, she lets him stay.
As the mountains close around them and violence creeps ever nearer, Mulan is forced to question everything she has survived for — and whether mercy toward a dangerous man will destroy her… or save what remains of her soul.