Nature's Servant
“The sun was shining, the sheep were bleating, and if not for the fleet of ships sailing into the harbour, everything was exactly as it ought to be. When scores of filthy men swarmed onto the quayside like ants spilling from a disturbed anthill, and ran through the town like a tide of destruction, the well-ordered life she had once known was torn down piece by piece, until she had nothing left at all.
The invaders were the fabled Ghannai, a nomadic race that live on the ocean, raiding ships and coastal towns. She had always known of them of course, but only as a story parents scared their children with to coerce them into behaving: “If you’re a bad girl the Ghannai will come and take you,” was a threat that sent small children scurrying for their bedcovers throughout the region. She had never really believed in them, but on the day her town was raided, when her parents and lover were killed before her eyes, when she was raped and captured as a slave, she’d discovered the ugly truth... behind the fable.MoreLess
The invaders were the fabled Ghannai, a nomadic race that live on the ocean, raiding ships and coastal towns. She had always known of them of course, but only as a story parents scared their children with to coerce them into behaving: “If you’re a bad girl the Ghannai will come and take you,” was a threat that sent small children scurrying for their bedcovers throughout the region. She had never really believed in them, but on the day her town was raided, when her parents and lover were killed before her eyes, when she was raped and captured as a slave, she’d discovered the ugly truth... behind the fable.MoreLess
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