Swordwoman’s Tale — The Sword in the Storm, Page 3
By Inkroost · Published
Transcript
Mara Venn stands on a stone bridge in the rain as a bright streak crosses the sky; she looks startled and grips her sword, whose blade has a thin cyan line. Mara Venn: What are you doing?
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Mara Venn stands on a rain-soaked stone bridge beneath a bright streak in the sky, then grips a sword with a thin cyan line along its blade and asks, “What are you doing?”
About this chapter
On a storm-lashed bridge above Cinder Pass, courier Mara Venn discovers that her father's old sword answers a falling star. A masked warrior arrives demanding the blade, forcing Mara into her first real fight and revealing that the sword holds a power she cannot yet control.