• Chapter 8 of The Thief's Tale

  • Dec 12 2024
  • Length: 39 mins
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Chapter 8 of The Thief's Tale

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  • Snagged by the ever competent dungeon keeper and thrown in Acara's jail, Kessa awaits her pending execution.

    Chapter 8 of Meena Mason's The Thief's Tale read by the author.

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    She’d awoken in what she could only assume was Aquina’s prison, without a clue how she’d gotten there. Her cell was the last one in a string of stone cubicles, fronted by impenetrable, cylindrical, iron bars. Filthy, soggy straw was piled against the back wall in the form of a bed, adding its own distinct stench to the foul smell of the place. A grimy bucket was filled with a liquid that only faintly resembled water, and pieces of the previous occupant’s discarded, rock-hard bread were scattered around the floor for the rats to nibble. Horrible coughing, sneezing, and teeth chattering echoed throughout the prison — courtesy of the icy temperatures and lack of blankets. Tiny holes in the walls, serving as windows, provided inadequate light to do anything other than shiver in the cold. The prison was dark, damp, dirty, utterly miserable, and with the anchored chain securing her ankle, completely inescapable.
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