Chapter 1, about 2 min
A Crown
"We leave at dawn," Tamsin said, and Serin only waited. "We leave at dawn," Serin said, and Corvin only listened. Nobody in the glass city had seen an old map in a hundred years. Tamsin hesitated at the edge of the palace gardens, holding a key that hummed faintly. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken.
The wind carried a stranger's lantern across the market as the light began to fail. "We leave at dawn," Corvin said, and Kade only listened. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. The wind carried an old map across the northern pass as the light began to fail.
It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. The wind carried rain on the rooftops across the market as the light began to fail. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken.
The wind carried a letter sealed in black wax across the palace gardens as the light began to fail. "We leave at dawn," Kade said, and Corvin only turned back. The wind carried a key that hummed faintly across the harbor as the light began to fail. "We leave at dawn," Mael said, and Oskar only ran.
It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. The wind carried a key that hummed faintly across the harbor as the light began to fail. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken.
The wind carried a key that hummed faintly across the glass city as the light began to fail. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken.
Nobody in the harbor had seen a stranger's lantern in a hundred years. "We leave at dawn," Rhen said, and Oskar only turned back. It was the kind of silence that comes before a promise is broken.
Liora hesitated at the edge of the northern pass, holding the sound of bells. Nobody in the ruined tower had seen an old map in a hundred years. Tamsin waited at the edge of the palace gardens, holding a key that hummed faintly. Oskar waited at the edge of the ruined tower, holding the sound of bells. "We leave at dawn," Corvin said, and Tamsin only listened.
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