Half Blood Shadow
She had to hope that the scent of the thousand spices and illegal concoctions around them was enough to drown out the smell of a hybrid and her marked friend.
In the dense, perfumed fog of Alchemist’s Row, a figure no taller than a fire hydrant watched them from the shadow of a stall selling pickled manticore eyes.
His name was Gnash, a gnome with skin the color of a cured ham and a vest full of brass gadgets that ticked with a rhythmic, nervous energy. He was currently on his fourth cigar of the morning, the thick, pungent smoke curling around his oversized ears. Most in the Half-Market ignored the duo,just two more girls in hoods,but Gnash was a connoisseur of "Others."
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