Narrative
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Audiobook – Chapter 23 – Voreinader

The sallow stone floors and rough arched ceilings gave off a catacombic air which was comically incongruous with the brilliantly lit and decorated furnishings of the billeterie, where the floors were suddenly covered in mosaics and the pillars in finely sculpted sconces. He continued after checking his coat and hat and picking up a pair…
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Audio Trailer – Chapter 23 – Voreinader

“How did you convince Oeuf to let you pass?” “If it is not too presumptuous of me, allow me to escort you to your box.” “Should fate smile on me, perhaps these social encounters will not be too infrequent.” “Zélie! How have you been?” “Too much time around bureaucrats will atrophy anyone’s manners.” “Heavens, he…
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Audiobook – Chapter 22 – 颸 Suzushiikaze

The cool wine breeze set a few stray hairs dancing around the periphery of Askatla’s vision as she gazed absently past her cousin at the pond separating the front manor and its hillside vineyards from the rear orchards. A pair of mules laden with hundred kilo baskets of apples and pears picked their way along…
