โ Scribed by Shields, Breeana
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In Saskiaโs world, bones are the source of all power. They tell the future, reveal the past, and expose secrets in the present. Each village has a designated seer who performs readings for the townsfolk, and in Midwood, the Bone Charmer is Saskiaโs mother.
On the day of her kenningโa special bone reading that determines the apprenticeships of all seventeen-year-oldsโSaskiaโs worst fears come true. She receives an assignment to train as a Bone Charmer, like her mother, and even worse, a match-making reading that pairs her with Bramโa boy who has suspicious tattoos that hint of violence.
Saskia knows her mother saw multiple paths for her, yet chose one she knew Saskia wouldnโt want. Their argument leads to a fracture in one of the bones. Broken bones are always bad luck, but this particular set of bones have been infused with extra magic, and so the break has devastating consequencesโSaskiaโs future has split as well. Now she will live her two potential paths simultaneously. Only one future can survive. And Saskiaโs life is in danger in both.
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