Chapters tagged cmnf

by deliciouscake1234

Chapter 3

She took a deep breath. Then another. Then she stepped out of the cornfield and onto the road. The dirt was warm beneath her bare feet. Tiny pebbles dug into her soles. The sun beat down on her unprotected skin. She kept her arms crossed, her hands clamped over her breasts, her...

by deliciouscake1234

Chapter 4

The stable smelled of horses and straw and manure. Lyra found an empty stall and collapsed into the hay, too exhausted to care about the sharp stalks poking into her skin. She curled into a ball, her arms wrapped around her knees, her body still trembling from the day's labor....

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Chapter 5

Chapter 2: The Price of Progress -------------------------------- The road stretched before her like a pale scar across the flesh of the land. Lyra had been walking for perhaps an hour when the sun finally crested the distant treeline, painting the sky in shades of gold and amb...