The Gifted
“Jessamine knew about towns and cities. Her granny had told her stories of exotic sounding cities across the ocean. Places where real princes lived. At the Shaker village, she’d seen maps in the schoolroom and had imagined how the towns indicated by those black dots might look. But since she had come straight from her granny’s woods to the Shaker village, she had never actually been in a town.One could encounter evil in towns. She did know that much, for it took much work and vigilance to keep S...atan from the borders at Harmony Hill. So there was little doubt the old devil slipped around undetected in the towns, lying in wait for the unguarded.That’s how Jessamine felt as they rode into the town of Harrodsburg. Unguarded. Exposed to whatever evil might be lurking in the shadows. She thought it might be best if she kept her eyes downcast as she sat silent by her father, but she could not. Instead she grasped the edge of the carriage seat and leaned forward to take in every new sight.MoreLess
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