Tell Me I'm Dreamin'
“They focused on a spherical object with shiny points suspended from a ceiling.
As her sight adjusted to the soft light around her, the sphere transformed into an intricately carved lotus flower with eight scalloped petals. The pistil was created by an entourage of yellow citrine stones that twinkled incessantly because of the torches.
Slowly, the evening’s events unfurled in Nadine’s clouded mind: the unkempt man with the note from Basil, her arrival at Sharpe Hall, being told she was expected at the workers’ settlement, Basil’s lifeless eyes staring up at her from a small clearing beside the path. She shuddered at the image, then realized she must have fainted from the shock of it.
Still feeling woozy and aware of her nakedness, Nadine rose up from a bed of skins enclosed in a translucent net. She held a soft cover against her as she focused on her surroundings. Nadine’s movements drew the attention of a female cliff dweller who had been waiting patiently not far from her bed.
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