shadow Girl

it was a long season in the empire.

After 10 consecutive days of torrential downpours, the citizens finally gave up on waiting for the sun and shut themselves inside.

The rain fell indiscriminately over the place,city and slums.

In the part of the city known as Louver, a carriage pulled to a stop in a narrow alley.The eaves looming above converged so close together that they appeared to block out the sky.

It was hard to tell night apart from day here some claimed that the only reason the city watch even concerned themselves with this area at all was because the postal service still occasionally passed through the deliver letters.Ordinary people avoid the slums altogether.

From the make of the carriage and the quality of its horses,it was clear that the passenger within did not share the struggles of those who barely sustained themselves on one Gilly a week.

As a robed attendant lowered the footrest and open the carriage door,a women shoe of leather and silk stepped onto the red velvet.

"Lead the way"

Her voice was low and elegant.

A man suddenly emerged from the shadow, ducking subserviently as he bared his yellow teeth."I-Its this way my lady".

The women glanced over him with an icy look as she pulled on a robe.

The alley was filled with garbage, vagrants, and dead animals.It reeked despite the rain.

Overwhelmed by the assault on her senses,the woman's hands, hidden beneath her robes,began to shake.It was to be expected;such a squalid place was ill-suited for a dignified noble.

"My lady" said her guard beside her."If you're weary,I suggest you wait in the carriage.I will handle these affairs.

"No. I shall attend to this myself."

Anastasia Bale.

She was the wife of Marquis Gilliard Bale. Lord Bale not only was the proprietor of several textile and tobacco factories but also dabbled in the shipbuilding and iron ore industries. Now, One hundred years after the war,House Bale was an wealthy and renowned as House Ihar.

So why did the lady of such an illustrious family find herself in the slums?

The yellow-tooth man serve as their guide and lead the way.The marchioness's guard seems more anxious then her;he followed them closely

from behind, exposing the sword at his waist in a protective stance.

"I'll have you know,my lady," said the guide."I went through quite and an ordeal to locate the child.I'm curios as to why you wish to find her."

The steel of the guard's were rang coldly as he slid it out of its sheath."If you value your life,you'd do well to hold your tongue."

The guide recoiled from the threat of violence and shrank back in fear."What do you mean? We passed by the Res Nose Pub earlier and this is Ms.Melburn's oil house.The road look similar but I assure you it's different."

Anastasia glared at her guard, who remained alert, as of to reproach him.These arrangment had been quite difficult to make; if the guide changed his mind,she could loose her chance

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