Chapters tagged slow-burn

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Chapter 1

**Chapter 1: The Unwelcome Arrival** ------------------------------------ The first thing she registered was the scratch of dried leaves against her back. The second was the smell—earth and dust and something faintly sweet, like overripe fruit left to rot in the sun. The third,...

by deliciouscake1234

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: The Road Again Dawn came grey and cold, seeping through the charred timbers of Brenthollow like a slow exhalation of smoke. Lyra had not slept. She had spent the night huddled in the lee of a collapsed stable wall, her back pressed against the soot-stained stone, her...