Arlo Sinclair

Under Twin Suns

The soldiers would come for the girls in the morning. As they always had. Malaham explained this to Tallis while she sat in her sinking cot, her arms hugging her knees. The father sat in a chair beside his daughter as he spoke. His hands, clasped out in front of him, fidgeted nervously throughout. He told Tallis that the soldiers would come for her and he would do everything that he could to stop them.