
Princess Bari

My mother and I feared the worst as we waited and waited for his return. When he finally staggered in around midnight, he couldn’t walk properly, and his face was bloody and grotesquely swollen. I hadn’t ever liked my father or felt much sympathy for him, but a new feeling stirred inside me that night. “You have to be careful. All of you. Christ, t
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HALLA HAD no great desire to die, but she had even less desire to remain living among her relatives. This did not leave her with many options.
T. Kingfisher • Swordheart
