WIP Wednesday
(The opening to my short Jade Empire fic I can't seem to finish...)
There are many things that Lian does not know. She does not know how many grains of rice are contained within the sweeping fields of the Jade Empire. She does not know how Kang the Mad assembled the Marvellous Dragonfly—nor how she was ever persuaded to passenger the machine. She does not know the secret ingredient in Hou’s signature bean buns, but she does know they are delicious. However, on this particular morning, there is one mystery occupying her thoughts more than she cares to admit:
What does Sky mean to her?
As she paces across the cool floor of her suite, she counts on her fingers everything she can verify—tangible facts—to unravel her tangled thoughts.
“One,” she whispers to herself, striding toward her private balcony, where the first light of dawn filters through the decorative windowed door.
He is a thief—or had been—in a time before she came to know him. He had spent many a night on the streets, or under the stars, subsisting on what he could steal or charm from others. Since he had crossed paths with Jen Zi, however, this life was behind him.
