The Child Wound in Gold
✍ Scribed by Megan O’Russell
- Publisher
- Ink Worlds Press
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 91 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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✦ Synopsis
A little knock taps on the door, A little girl hiding under the floor, The safety of the dirt shall build her bed, While the monster rammoc flies overhead. For years, the rammocs have tormented the valley, stealing villagers from their homes, destroying crops and cattle so those left behind face the constant threat of starvation. The only hope the villagers have is the magicians of the convocation. They alone have the power to stop the rammocs. But the magicians demand a price the villagers are unable to pay. Left with nothing but rubble and death, one young girl finds hope in the flames.
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