Chapter 1 The Maidens of the Blue Light
*ESTELLE*
I glance at my pocket watch, a skeleton pocket watch my father made for me before he pa...
The Lost Dragon King
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Story Notes
This is a novella and bonus content to my higher tiers
Summary
In a mechanical city, driven by steam engines and its dystopian society, the only protection from the ‘deadly’ outside conditions is a barrier, which the ‘maidens’ project with their powers. For the people living in the outer circle, if you were pretty enough, you worked in the brothel. If not, you became a tinker, made to brave the wasteland, in order to sift ‘the trash’ – detritus left in the destruction caused by the flying monsters. Estelle is a tinker, and a ‘maiden’. The only maiden ever to have been born in the outermost circle. She loves her fellow tinkers and every day strives to help them, by excelling in her role as a maiden. Until, one fateful day when Estelle and her uncle dig out a stranger from the trash…
- 1Chapter 1 The Maidens of the Blue Light
- 2Chapter 2 The High Priest
- 3Chapter 3 The Stranger
- 4Chapter 4 Just A Girl
- 5Chapter 5 Alistair
- 6Chapter 6 Ascension
- 7Chapter 7 Nothing Hurts Like The Truth
- 8Chapter 8 Witches
- 9Chapter 9 The Former Maiden
- 10Chapter 10 Winnie
- 11Chapter 11 The Disgraced Maiden
- 12Chapter 12 The Fall of the Maidens
- 13Chapter 13 The Winged Monster
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