from my now habit of eavesdropping, especially from gossipy women on the streets and the maids who didn't

er had stopped coming back here since that announcement," one of t

has already perished!" Another

ppen to this pack? For he still didn't hav

d that cultist whore!" It was loud enough for everyo

eir cries of mockery, I painted a smile, feigning ignorance. "Goo

and a cold shoulder as they t

Kozart buy any

he loveliest roses he ever boug

dust that should have faded away, yet my smile didn't fal

been a normal occurrence. It had gotten o

ng me up when a child t

singing songs to app

. And I knew they were w

ld have visited the Hatiist Chu

couldn't even send a letter, or else the tension could

for the unending war to be stopped and..

y,

d that Ella and the fruit vendor,

-Y

e Luna," Ella sneered as she crossed her a

e and I was caught off-guard. My eyes widened, my thr

hat there wasn't a n

nothing after h

ng my thighs as they spread my le

G-IN, OUT, IN, OUT-IN! OUT! IN! OUT

to the floor, pressing my hand on my chest, feeling my heart be

needed to take

you.' I chanted in my mind, knowing thi

almost had another case of a panic attack...in front

re y

feverishly, took the basket

r is a pitiful Luna who couldn't ov

uld live my life, accepting that I would be

ht as I continued to run away. Involuntary tears streamed

do it again and again...and ag

ght of curious gazes, and relieved myself

palpitating ache instilled in my being. As soon as I wa

stuck in fear of the return of my husband.

lad the war k

continued to loom over my mind and the only way

I said to myself as

me was that large house on the top hill,

Hati. Weeks in my husband's house had proven to me tha

omething instead of being

every ingredient I needed so

th the lack of healthy men around, the stre

of occupied patients at the hospital. The magicians were all taken during th

hadn't been the s

terrupted by a mug of honeyd

e mug was forced

e turned his back before I could see his face. "Tak

ng farewell and he left me alone, puzzled and los

was

es-let alone to even say my t

e. It smelled of honeydew, an ingredien

ould afford. I drank its contents and was surp

ng such a luxury that it str

people who didn't care that I

l good, knowing that H

e you do

m a short distance and I felt my throat suddenly dry up. The c

to take me...again.

one's hand and I was forced to turn to face once m

ith gritted teeth and I knew that

made me experience fear

y brief sola