The Distant Promise
Chapter One The stone floor was cold enough to bite through the soles of his boots. Hua He stood rigid in the damp corridor, his hands clasped behind his back, counting the seconds until the next shift change. He was thirty-four, a palace guard with a daughter named Hua Lin, twelve years old and sleeping in the barracks. The want to protect her was a physical weight in his chest, heavier than...
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