thank you for the tag @celesenova!! (and thanks also to @gefionne, @rattyhorrorpictureshow, @theriothag, @eight-of-pentacles, @quantumphoenixblue, @virshiral, @fadedsweater for recent-ish tags that i missed while i was neglecting tumblr. consider yourselves tagged back!)
i am hard at work on the next chapter of evergreen, but i've also been playing with a second project that suddenly forced itself to the front of my mind. a few of you have already seen this, but for the rest:
Summer was golden in The Dales, when the wheat fields swayed and shone in the late afternoon sun. The gold on Ellana's finger was duller — determined, it seemed, not to catch the light. She swallowed nervously as she stared at it, as she made a fist and dragged her thumbnail over the metal.
Her husband of approximately one hour sat beside her in the small carriage. Like the family that owned it, the vehicle was in a state of decline — threadbare seats, loose strings at the seams, worn upholstery lining the interior. Through the narrow, forward-facing window, she studied a large patch that had been sewn into the back of the coachman's coat. The color of the fabric was a near match and the needlework tidy enough, but a servant of a house of this stature should have better. Servants in her house always did.
Shabby, Ellana thought irritably. The white-gloved hand flexed suddenly against the knee where it rested, almost as if its owner had heard her complaint.
more to come, hopefully very soon :)
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