A Word so Fitly Spoken by T.A. Lawrence EPUB & PDF – Details About
- Author: T.A. Lawrence
- Genre: Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tales & Folklore Adaptations
- Publish Date: October 10, 2022
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Fmight have been glad to be ugly, had it not been for Dinah.
All the beautiful human virgins of the land…
That particular excerpt from the herald’s proclamation looped in my
frazzled mind as I raced through the crowded streets of Meranthi.
“All the beautiful human virgins…” a pale-faced faerie dressed in royal
blue robes whispered to her similarly clad companion as they strode arm in
arm down the street.
I pushed past them, not bothering to excuse myself as I forced my way
through the throng of buzzing gossipers. I wasn’t exactly moving with the
flow of the market traffic. Everyone else had either stayed behind to listen to
the rest of the herald’s proclamation, or they were still gathering around him,
having just heard the whispers from their neighbors, having just noticed the
congregation beginning to form.
Not me. I had heard enough.
A lanky group of faeries, their pale skin stretched over their skulls, bare
despite the heat of the day, fed on today’s gossip as they huddled. “Seems our
king is lowering his late father’s employment standards. Did you see that
herald? Human as they come.”
Of course, the fae would hone in on that nugget of detail, unbothered by
the contents of the proclamation itself.
It made sense to me why the king had chosen to use human heralds to
announce his decree, even though no human had ever been employed in the
service of the palace. He wanted us to suffer, and what better way to shove
our Fates in our faces than for the news to come from the mouths of our
kinsmen?
I weaved through a group of females standing in line for produce. The
vendor, a scaly faerie with beady eyes and a sunken brow, barked at a woman
purchasing sunmelons. “Do I look like I’m in the business of charity?” he
asked, his oversized nostrils flaring at her.
“Three coppers. That was the cost just yesterday. I apologize. I didn’t
know you had raised your prices,” said the woman clad in dirty grey robes
that bulged at the belly, forming a bump that betrayed the reason behind her
need for extra rations.
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