Raven Jordan
VII.
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If there were any one thing in which the kingdom might count itself rich, it would be spies.
Trouble was, for the most part they had little that they were specifically directed to do. The commissioners would meet their contacts and informants in strategic tavernas in the mornings, gossip intently over [...]
Raven Jordan
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Even now, the pearl-blight raged. The king knew this; why were they telling him yet again?
It was sunny, out beyond the colonnade. Out there, it was hot. The fountain bubbled and spat; hummingbirds browsed the vines. He watched one close in upon a flower, close and linger…then withdraw. His throne [...]
Raven Jordan
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I.
So massive a construct was the gown of pearls that it could stand on its own with no queen inside. And now, this noon–how its inhabitant did sweat.
A network of pearl-strung wires it was, lashed snug to her body via hidden strings; it pinched her skin through the plain linen slip that was [...]
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