Half Blood Shadow
A full Blackwood battalion would only invite a Devonshire counter-strike on the market, and she couldn't risk the crone’s sanctuary.
"Just us," Anna rasped, her voice sounding older than it was.
They stepped onto the cracked pavement. The shop's front, a humble apothecary to the human eye, looked different today. The door was already ajar, a sliver of warm, amber light cutting through the gray morning. The scent of valerian, dried mugwort, and boiling copper hit them immediately.
"I’m not trying to heat the entire neighborhood! Come in and close the damn door," the woman’s voice croaked from within, sharp as a rusted blade.
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