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    Category: This Textured Darkness

    This Textured Darkness, #70

    “And where is the Shivelite girl?” the old nurse demanded. “To whom is she talking? I trust no one.”

    September 28, 2023September 23, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #69

    “The babe is beautiful for now,” snapped Nan Maura. “How will he look with his throat slit?”

    September 27, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #68

    Mirella was late, very late. The Queen tried to control her fear by primping before her mirror, but only a mess of things, scattering both pots and jewels.

    September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #67

    Laveth despised Open Court. The peasants always returned with the same stories; the young lords always argued.

    September 25, 2023September 23, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #66

    Those who attended her fledging functions were warmly welcomed; those who chose not to come were never invited again.

    September 24, 2023August 27, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #65

    They’d dubbed her “The Peasant Queen”.

    September 23, 2023September 23, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #64

    Even now, she didn’t like to think about her first trip to the city. A barkeep had given her directions to the castle.

    September 22, 2023August 27, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #63

    Her father had left her in the road, a bundle at her feet.

    September 21, 2023August 27, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #62

    “I hear the voices every spring,” Mirella insisted. “It leads me to the Spring Calling of Spirits.”

    September 20, 2023August 27, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #61

    There was no disguising the dew on her feet or the altered expression in her eyes.

    September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 by joanspilman

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