Chapter 1: Departure
The 10th day of truesummer, 530 A.E./A.F.

Rahelu pelted through the Lowdocks, startling a flock of gulls into flight as she tore through their feasting. Though the sun had yet to crest the horizon, the bare stones of the wet market were already slimed with fish guts and seafowl offal (and gods only knew what else) squishing between her toes.

She cursed.

—Chapter 1, supplicant (Resonance Crystal Legacy, #2)

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