Fatimah KamaL Sheikh-Omar

Hearts of Hell: Abandoned

There weren’t always dragons in the valley, not since the Powers of Great fell in the hands of the North, leaving the Valley a cursed place for the Abandoned. They will not believe him I recited to myself over and over again, trying to calm my nerves. Unsure if the bile rising in my throat was from the fear of the deal about to be made, or the pungent smell coming from the drunkards who sat near.