The Assassin And the Empire
“She only moved from the corner long enough to relieve herself or to pick at the food they threw in for her.
She had believed she could love Sam and not pay the price. Everything has a price, she’d once been told by a Spidersilk merchant in the Red Desert. How right he was.
Sunlight shone through the wagon again, filling it with weak light. The trek to the Salt Mines of Endovier took two weeks, and each mile led them farther and farther north—and into colder weather.
When she dozed, falling in a...nd out of dreams and reality and sometimes not knowing the difference, she was often awoken by the shivers that racked her body. The guards offered her no protection against the chill.
Two weeks in this dark, reeking wagon, with only the shadows and light on the wall for company, and the silence hovering around her. Two weeks, and then Endovier.
She lifted her head from the wall.
The growing fear set the silence flickering.
No one survived Endovier. Most prisoners didn’t survive a month. It was a death camp.MoreLess
She had believed she could love Sam and not pay the price. Everything has a price, she’d once been told by a Spidersilk merchant in the Red Desert. How right he was.
Sunlight shone through the wagon again, filling it with weak light. The trek to the Salt Mines of Endovier took two weeks, and each mile led them farther and farther north—and into colder weather.
When she dozed, falling in a...nd out of dreams and reality and sometimes not knowing the difference, she was often awoken by the shivers that racked her body. The guards offered her no protection against the chill.
Two weeks in this dark, reeking wagon, with only the shadows and light on the wall for company, and the silence hovering around her. Two weeks, and then Endovier.
She lifted her head from the wall.
The growing fear set the silence flickering.
No one survived Endovier. Most prisoners didn’t survive a month. It was a death camp.MoreLess
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