ett
was losin
only logica
along my ribs throbbing w
athing softly, her quill scratchi
light on clover and
ing scent, settling
e was she pl
Sterling's o
enough Glowgolds in the vaults of Gold Dome Bank to b
Avian elite, casting soft glances at Colin Reynolds
er spare a glance for a
ir wrists in front of fifty peers
it a
e trying
inside my sleeve, rough wool scrapi
would tear her pride t
ght, she
ement out of the
ckled girl, Collette Hayes, wh
archment bird fluttered back and
her blue eyes suddenly glowing with brill
that
hunger, labor and bruises, fought
year
scholarship, before I enter
of lung-rot, and our father had gambled away the
g floors and hauling crates at the Su
uring autum
stumbled inside to escape the downpour, her hair soaked, la
was
dn't s
unter, wiping sticky glass jars with a rag,
prise Candies, her laughter ringing l
rom her leather purse, rolling across the
up and hande
truly looked at me-wit
, and it w
hen held out a yello
rawberry rain. It tastes
etest candy I
t the wrapp
vanced potion treatise, tucked inside the hidd
r of a world I c
eal Giana reache
gers pulled out
the shell
rry aroma filled the c
w Surpri
eath
inch to the right, u
losing her eyes in pure satisfaction a
weight of my gaze, her
eyes
d, suddenl
her cheeks flus
ulled out a second candy wrapped in gleam
pain pierc
nternally. She is poison. H
aze away fr
room, my features hardeni
ffering nothing but
of my eye, I saw
from her lips, replac
o
er ha
ungrateful savage who c
better
only way
rom the high tower, a sh
d even closed her ledger, I stuffed my inkwell into my
not lo
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