Guarded (2014)
“His body seemed to take up even less space than usual as they made their morning ablutions and dressed, and he didn’t say a single word over a breakfast of cold meat and hard bread.
When their carriage was ready, Volos handed the tokens to the driver while Berhanu climbed carefully inside. Volos moved a bit carefully too. He was sore. If Berhanu had seemed happier about their coupling, Volos might have welcomed the twinge in his ass, the protests of bruised and bitten skin.
They were the only p...assengers. They sat opposite one another— Berhanu facing forward and Volos backward— not quite letting their eyes meet. Berhanu picked at the threads of the fraying upholstery. The journey took a thousand years.
Felekna was a much larger city than the Wedey capital. It had not been besieged during the war, and its buildings sprawled well beyond the ancient city walls. As impressive as it was in size, large portions of it were shockingly squalid. The carriage rattled past reeking neighborhoods with houses that leaned drunkenly, scrawny children who stared with hollow eyes, and both trash and humans scattered in the gutters.MoreLess
When their carriage was ready, Volos handed the tokens to the driver while Berhanu climbed carefully inside. Volos moved a bit carefully too. He was sore. If Berhanu had seemed happier about their coupling, Volos might have welcomed the twinge in his ass, the protests of bruised and bitten skin.
They were the only p...assengers. They sat opposite one another— Berhanu facing forward and Volos backward— not quite letting their eyes meet. Berhanu picked at the threads of the fraying upholstery. The journey took a thousand years.
Felekna was a much larger city than the Wedey capital. It had not been besieged during the war, and its buildings sprawled well beyond the ancient city walls. As impressive as it was in size, large portions of it were shockingly squalid. The carriage rattled past reeking neighborhoods with houses that leaned drunkenly, scrawny children who stared with hollow eyes, and both trash and humans scattered in the gutters.MoreLess
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