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Zephyr and Gale
As early as they were, the market was alive and well, full of thriving, wriggling humanity as the sun baked them while the salt air stung the scars and wounds on the merchandise.
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Zephyr and Gale
As he collected his payment, Zephyr liked the heft of the purse the client put in his hand.
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Zephyr and Gale
“The forge master taught you how to bend and temper steel to your purpose, that it might serve you and those who pay you. “But in this new place, we become the steel that bends to the will and purpose of those who pay us. If you can’t resolve to become that, right now, tell…
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Zephyr and Gale
Bleeding scars crossed the man’s chest, and Gale wanted to ask Karis about it, but decided she didn’t want to know. He likely fought against the slavers,
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Zephyr and Gale
“We were captured by slavers, Gale. They punched you in the face. You weren’t scared?” “Of course I was. I thought maybe if I showed them I wasn’t, I’d think I wasn’t too.”
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Zephyr and Gale
Chapter 3: A Different Breed Later that evening, as the moon rose outside her window, the girl lay seething in her bed. She was angry about her captor’s rough handling, and even angrier that she could do nothing about it. Karis had used her all day; running errands, bringing meals, standing off to the side…
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Zephyr and Gale
He hoped she talked back to Karis; small as she was, she’d put up quite a fight before they knocked her out. She was a small fire that would bear watching.
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