HIS REJECTED GODDESS
Men missing fingers and hands from the brutal, unfeeling stamp presses of the foundries.
They stared at Torin. The massive Alpha, standing in the doorway, illuminated by the dim light of the street lamps.
"The door is open," Torin said, speaking their language with the rough, halting accent Valerius had taught him during the voyage. "Who is first?"
The crowd shifted nervously. No one wanted to be the first to step into the den of the "beasts."
Finally, a man shuffled forward.
He was stooped, his spine permanently curved from decades of hauling coal. He wore a heavy, rain-soaked canvas coat. In his right hand, he clutched a massive, rusted iron wrench, holding it tight to his chest as if it w
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