Thera's hand moved quickly along the
bottom edge of the wall, following the outline of the bricks where
they met the close-cropped grass, her finger darting into the
crevices where the mortar had chipped away. She was quick - a natural
athlete - but not as quick as the lizard that scurried just ahead of
her grasping fingers. The little creature ran with such speed,
looking back over its shoulder to dodge her next grab, that it did
not realize it had run into Thera's other, waiting hand until her
The Only Way to Keep a Secret Between Three P
By: 4ofSwords
Favorited: 12 years ago
Family
Reunion
By Strega
It was a fine carriage, all oak and gold leaf,
and by all rights it has no business being where it was: in a lonely
wood two miles from the caravan trail. The trail it clattered down
was little more than a deer path, with a few muddy boot-, foot-, and
paw prints. No effort had been made to improve it beyond hacking
back the occasional branch – and that only because they irritated
someone, for they lay rotting where they had fallen on the trail.
The horses sweated
Family reunion
By: Strega
Favorited: 12 years ago
