The Alpha King's Breeder
It’s nearly as expensive as the entire fucking house I’m designing on the outskirts of Moonrise.
The shop owner, Markus, carefully picks up the violin. The black wood catches the artificial light and glimmers like it’s lit from within. A sharp gasp echoes toward me, and suddenly Marianna is beside us, her eyes bright, wide, and a deep blue as she looks at the gift I ordered… weeks ago, when I first found out she was joining the Moonrise Philharmonic.
“It’s Simian wood,” Markus says to her, holding the violin by the neck as he turns it around. “It’s rare, but hardy, and comes from the Simian tree in the Deadlands, which takes over five hundred years to grow to maturity–”
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