Author's Note: Well, it took me nearly a year to get back in the writing action, but I AM back and I'm glad to be here! Camp NaNoWriMo has always been a good spur for my Writing Muse, even if I wasn't able to participate every day in July.
The final part of this arc in Gem has flowed out of the proverbial stylus! The next chapter is already ready to be posted and will be live next week. Let's keep up the momentum! Is anyone still reading? Shout out in the comments and let me know you're alive! Every little bit of encouragement (even just knowing you guys are lurking here) helps keep an author going.
RATING: PG-13
- Suggestive content.
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Kalara sighed deeply as she paused a block before Old Lady Tehsun’s stall in the market and tightened her shawl across her face, fidgeting nervously. What on earth was she doing here? She’d barely gotten any sleep, her mind racing with the unpleasant possibilities in her future in Farook’s household that were nearly as unpleasant as the possibilities of associating with an idiot jewel thief.
