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Sisters Of Darkness Epilogue
Head Linth gave me a few days to recover a little. When I woke up, it seemed to me that apart from my head, nothing hurts, only weakness torments me. But as it turned out later, Lane's father drugged me with pain-relieving potions, and as soon as their action was over, I tasted the beauty of broken ribs.On the second day, Lane brought a small mirror, and at first I didn't even recognize myself. Her hair was visibly darker, and now blended perfectly with the dark circles under her eyes. The face was sharpened, and in general my appearance left much to be desired.When I blushed and asked Lane who undressed me, she smiled and assured me that she did it, and not her father, as I feared. Oddly enough, but my suit was almost not damaged, I don’t know where Lane’s mother got the material for it, but I was very grateful to her. My friend folded my jewelry separately. The earrings, the mirage and the shadow were in a small canvas bag, but I never found the ring from the set Aiden had given m
Sisters Of Darkness 1
It was an unremarkable autumn evening. From the second floor of Caleb Eyre's country estate came the cries and groans of his wife, Malia, who was about to be relieved of her burden. She had not seen her husband for more than two months, which is not surprising, since he had recently received the position of adviser to the head of the Western Lands.Their hasty marriage could not be called a happy one, if the dark ones have such at all. Malia was barely sixteen at the time of the marriage ritual, and in essence she was still a child. However, her father and fiancé did not care much, because this marriage was beneficial to both families.Until today, only three kinds of founders have survived, and the Malia family belonged to one of them. Her husband Caleb, although he did not belong to the great houses, was nevertheless generously endowed with the magic of darkness, and besides, from childhood he had been friends with the current viceroy. Thus, at a fairly young age, he received an hon
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Portly Clarissa for the third time passed along the wards lined up in a row. The pupils of the orphanage froze and tried not to raise their eyes from the half-rotten floorboards. I tried to remember all my sins over the past few days, because they didn’t bother to explain to us what they would reprimand for this time. To be fair, there were a huge number of these very sins for me. I could not be humble, courteous, diligent, like my best friend Ines. Dope, as Clarissa liked to say, did not stay in my head and climbed out to poison the lives of those around me. Unfortunately, it wasn't bullshit, but something worse.A few years ago, I began to have very strange dreams, and a little later, terrible things began to happen to my body. For some time I thought that I was terminally ill or even poisoned by a curse. The fact that this is a fiction, and in fact, curses do not exist, I learned much later. It was the fear that had firmly settled in my head that awakened in me a thirst to get to t
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A month has passed since the moment that divided my life into before and after. The day was inexorably approaching when the inspector would cross the threshold of our shelter, this event every day spoiled the already terrible character of Clarissa. The head was a very stingy woman, I suspect that most of the money allocated for the needs of the shelter settled precisely in her immense pockets. It must be said that in addition to state funds, Clarissa did not disdain the money of the gentlemen, who periodically appeared in our house. On such days, we were lined up like sheep at a fair, giving us the opportunity to evaluate the product by face. It terribly angered me, a couple of times I almost released the darkness from overwhelmed rage, I restrained myself only by a miracle. However, some of the girls did not share my feelings and purposely shot their eyes at the rich,Why should a rich man marry a girl of ignoble birth? Ines asked one day, rubbing the kettles with sand, when the four
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I ran like crazy as if I was being chased by the henchmen of the underworld, and almost flew over the fence when I realized that I had missed the grand event, namely the arrival of the inspectors. In the yard of the shelter there were several carriages, and some people were scurrying back and forth. Among the strangers, one man with blue-black hair stood out in particular; a cloak of the same color was thrown over his shoulders, on which a raven was embroidered with silver threads. Such cloaks are worn by members of the Order of Darkness.At the sight of this raven, my heart began to beat faster. Here he is, a man who can answer all my questions, a man who will understand me like no other. Only retribution for the answers I can not afford. My gaze caught on a familiar silhouette, and I decided it was best to scout the area first before appearing like this in front of Clarissa's eyes.“Craig,” I called quietly to our watchman.“There you are, you stupid head,” Craig scolded, he was cle
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Early in the morning the inspectors left us, I don’t know what conclusion they came to, but Clarissa’s nasty mood in the morning did not promise me anything good. As soon as the gate behind the departing crew slammed shut, I was immediately summoned to the head's office. I was not afraid, lately I have experienced so much that, it seems, I have forgotten how to be afraid. I knocked on the door and after permission went in. The office itself was not very sophisticated, but it was much better furnished than the other rooms in the orphanage. When I entered, Clarissa stood with her back to the door and paid no attention to me as she entered, she walked from shelf to shelf and sorted through the papers on the table. Most likely, she was trying to make me nervous, but I did not care at all, I was seized by complete indifference.Does life teach you nothing? the head asked rhetorically, giving me a contemptuous glance. “It’s like you were made to cause problems for others. Did you do all thi
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A century and a half ago, a series of events took place that forever changed the fate of many residents of Littai. King Sieverd the Fourth died, leaving no legitimate heir behind. But there were more than enough illegal ones, the king was famous for his love of love and had about two dozen bastards from different women. One of these women was the daughter of an influential person from the Eastern Islands, whose inhabitants led a fairly secluded life and almost never left their homeland. To this day, there are rumors that gifted people who are subject to various elements live there. Zeina was a rare beauty with slanted eyes and a very feminine figure, she managed to stay at court and in the bed of the king for a long time, gossip whispered that Sieverd had decided to marry and was even going to recognize their common son. The son, like his father, was incredibly popular with the ladies of the court. By his coming of age, which came at the age of sixteen, Marner became the absolute favo
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- Was it really all? she drawled in bewilderment. Venira and I were in a huge, by my standards, library of the estate, in which I spent almost non-stop all week.“You've said that phrase twenty times in the last six days. You have in your hands the records of eyewitnesses of the Lithuanian-Maskinian war. Is that not enough for you? You don't believe in the diary of the aristocrat who managed to escape from Marner, either? In the end, the Maskin scrolls should have convinced you that this is all a real story, ”Venira said displeasedly.“That's not the point, I just can't believe Marner managed to pull all of this up and hide it from everyone. But what about ordinary soldiers and ordinary people? After all, a bunch of eyewitnesses knew for sure that Augusta was not crazy.“And what do you think these eyewitnesses should have done?” People talked and forgot, believe me, they were more worried about whether they would die of hunger today or hold out for a couple more days. And the militar
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