Land of Ashes by Stacey Marie Brown EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Stacey Marie Brown
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Ash
An icy breeze rippled over my skin, as the howl of winter whipped the
holiday lights through the Stephansplatz. The nightly festival glittered in the
darkness, the lights decorating the wooden huts, Christmas trees, and shops.
Music danced on my nerves like fat, bitter sugarplums. The scents of
roasting nuts, gingerbread, and mulled wine filled my nose while people
laughed and sang in cheerful cadence.
It was sandpaper to my skin. Their joy and lightness felt like barbed
wire to my soul.
Burrowing my pounding head against the frosty night, still suffering
from the extensive drugs from the night before, I turned down a dark alley,
steering away from the festivities and weaving closer to my destination.
Glancing over my shoulder, I used my senses to pick up any followers.
Anyone with nefarious notions.
To say I’ve made friends in the last eleven months would be far from
the truth. I had created more enemies, even of my friends. It was something
the old Ash wouldn’t have done, but I wasn’t that person anymore. He died
almost a year ago and left nothing but hate, vengeance, and rage within
these bones I carried.
It was why I hadn’t been in Budapest in over three months. I got sick
of the looks, the interventions, the judgment. Being told I wasn’t “being
myself.”
There was no self to be. So, I left.
While all of them wanted to focus on the future, I was locked on the
past, unable to move on, not understanding how they all seemed to want to
forget so easily.
I breathed vengeance and dreamed about death.
Tree fairies were known to be even-tempered and serene, though I had
never been a typical one. But even with my composed personality, I could
be broken.
Weaving through the streets of Vienna, the influence and protection of
Austria being under the umbrella of the Unified Nations was seen
everywhere. The maintenance of roads, the advanced electricity system
keeping this place glowing even in the darkest of nights. No mass
destitution, no crumbling buildings. Not that there wasn’t a social divide
between fae and human, nor was it even close to perfect, but it was a world
away from the decay and poverty of the East, which was only two hours by
train.
Checking over my shoulder again, I tugged my hood higher up,
making sure my dark blond hair was covered. A couple of people strolled
hand in hand down the lane, and a group of college kids laughed and
stumbled down the street, singing like drunken fools, oblivious to real life
and real problems.
Heading for the buttery light burning inside the pub, I noted the words
Beer Saloon written out in English on the side of the building. I stepped into
the holiday-decorated pub designed with arched white stone ceilings, barrel
tables, random beer signage, and dark wood décor. It gave off a distinctive
German-but-wanna-be-American-cowboy vibe. A place to relax to live
music or get lost in the dim corners lit with dim candles.
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