Chapter 14 Tanya stands in front of Morlock’s house before anyone is awake, her bags hidden in the stable ready to go once she has finished her business with Morlock. She looks around, her new cloak’s hood over her head and face to hide her from prying eyes but no one else is awake. She…
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The Deadliest of Lovers
Chapter 13 Tanya tiptoes into the village, stopping outside of Morlock’s house, wondering if the man is still awake. She looks at the other silent and dark houses around her on the street, seeing that everyone else is asleep. She gently wraps her knuckles against the door, not really expecting it to open but to…
The Deadliest of Lovers
Chapter 8 The week skims by quickly and soon she has found herself up early on the day she plans to leave to go to the next town where she must complete tasks 3 and 4. She has told her parents that she wishes to go and find new fabric for new clothes, having grown…
The Deadliest of Lovers
Chapter 5 Morlock left Tanya alone at the waterfall, racing back towards town to get to his home. His heart broke, shattered after she told him that she loves another, not him. His dreams crumbling right before his eyes as she stared off at the waterfall talking about him finding another to marry and make…
The Deadliest of Lovers
Chapter 4 Water rushes down the side of the cliff, splashing in the pool of crystal blue water below. Water droplets spray out of the pool and hit the surrounding rocks, making them slippery if anyone dared to walk across them. Tanya steps up close to the pool’s edge and stares down in the rippling…
