The Wistful Asylum
Chapter One The ferry crossing at low tide smelled of brine and rusted iron. Tira Undarl stood at the helm, her hands white-knuckled on the wheel, counting the days until the soil quota was due. The wind took the washing lines on the quay, snapping them like dry bones. She was forty-two, and the ledger was missing. Director Vane had called her a thief. He had the look of a man who had already...
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