Gonji: The Soul Within the Steel

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T. C. Rypel. Gonji: The Soul Within the Steel

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BORGO PRESS BOOKS BY T. C. RYPEL

THE DEATHWIND TRILOGY

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Genya gazed at her helplessly, momentarily lost for words. Lottie’s sad, china-blue eyes stared vapidly. Her small, perpetually pouty lips were drawn and quivery. Mourning seemed to befit Lottie, who was Genya’s best friend and polar opposite. Their alliance was as likely as one between a proud mare and a humble tortoise. Lottie had hired on as a servant at Castle Lenska over her father’s protestations, mainly so that she might be near Richard, a baker, whom Papa Kovacs called “bun-brains,” which is all that need be said of their strained romantic situation.

Genya rose. “Now listen—Richard, you stay right here and comfort Lottie,” she said, shaking her finger officiously. “But only for a while. I’ll steer anyone from the larder as long as I can. If anybody comes from the bakehouse, I’ll put them off. Just pray the chief steward doesn’t poke his birdie beak in here, or I’ll have to bounce a salver off his skull! When you leave, leave separately, and quietly.” She smiled warmly, patted Lottie’s ash-blonde locks. “Be strong, dear. Soon we’ll be able to leave and you and Richard can begin a life together.”

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