![]() ![]() Wilder and I had one rule: our Gifts must remain a secret, no matter the circumstances. The smells of alcohol, smoke, and other scents I chose to not identify flooded my nose, and I hurried to the backrooms. ![]() I slipped into the tavern through the back door. I had traveled to many different lands since my childhood-but no place repulsed me as much as this one. ![]() Something about the city dragged me in, like a terrifying dance I couldn’t escape from. Moving like a cougar, I darted through the alleys and streets, heading towards the tavern. But a woman, especially one as small and as far from intimidating as one could get, couldn’t look at the stars for long in a place like this, and I had a job to do, so I redirected my attention to the cobblestone alley ahead. The bright stars twinkled in the pitch black sky above and I sucked in a deep breath of smoke and other foul stenches of the city. Perhaps our foolish and wild hearts wanted to taste the forbidden while we still could. Perhaps that’s why my brother and I made camp here. ![]() Port Hunya burned with a wickedness that drew the scoundrels from high and afar. The following chapter is a preview of the novel, A SOLSTICE OF FIRE AND LIGHT. ![]()
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