Bloodwitch (2014)
“Beyond that door, the world changed.
Gone were the frescoed walls, the plush carpets, and the elaborate candelabra. Simple tin lanterns hung at intervals, bathing the gray stone in flickering light and illuminating open archways all along the left side of the hall.
“Take a minute. Look around,” Malachi instructed me. His voice had gone soft and flat.
I approached one of the doorways and peered inside—then quickly looked away, because the men and women I saw there all seemed to be in the process... of changing their clothes.
“Sunrise marks the change of shifts,” Malachi explained. “They’re readying themselves to work until sunset.”
“What kind of work?” I asked.
Malachi shrugged. “Cooking, cleaning,” he answered vaguely. “Some of them are skilled laborers—tailors, herbalists, and the like—but mostly the morning shift is responsible for the general drudgery required to keep a manor like this functioning.”
“It needs to be done,” I replied defensively. When I had lived at the greenhouse, I had helped maintain the grounds.MoreLess
Gone were the frescoed walls, the plush carpets, and the elaborate candelabra. Simple tin lanterns hung at intervals, bathing the gray stone in flickering light and illuminating open archways all along the left side of the hall.
“Take a minute. Look around,” Malachi instructed me. His voice had gone soft and flat.
I approached one of the doorways and peered inside—then quickly looked away, because the men and women I saw there all seemed to be in the process... of changing their clothes.
“Sunrise marks the change of shifts,” Malachi explained. “They’re readying themselves to work until sunset.”
“What kind of work?” I asked.
Malachi shrugged. “Cooking, cleaning,” he answered vaguely. “Some of them are skilled laborers—tailors, herbalists, and the like—but mostly the morning shift is responsible for the general drudgery required to keep a manor like this functioning.”
“It needs to be done,” I replied defensively. When I had lived at the greenhouse, I had helped maintain the grounds.MoreLess
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