That first night Carlone cried herself into a stupor. It was not until rationalizing to the point of delusion that she forced herself to...

Carlone was immediately rushed into a meeting she would have preferred to never have had. The two men she was to report directly to were known only by their ranks as the Captain and the Lieutenant. She was nonchalantly greeted by the heavily muscled men when she entered. While there, Carlone could only think about how unsafe she felt during the exchange as if the men were holding themselves back from attacking her despite the spoken formalities. The Captain was middle-aged in

The trek from the coast to the Capital was a new route that Carlone found to be very foreign to her. Buloke knew the way through though....

When work near the inn dries up, the abled bodied must journey to where they can make a living.

When she was once again in town, Carlone sold off all but two of the smallest, yet most beautiful of the moonstones that she had found....

Carlone faces her old life, unsure of what will happen.

When Carlone cashed out her pay at the clerk's office she was astonished by the vast amount that she had accumulated. The clerk, an...

Carlone had hoped to be a part of mining quartz, one of her favorite stones, however, it was limestone that was used mostly for steel and...

At the beginning of Carlone's journey, she pointedly rarely used any striking stones to ignite a fire despite them being prevalent in the...

The first night on her own Carlone was too sick to eat or do much more than to sip at a nearby creek's water. Her cough was a hard...

That night was somber. Carlone and her mother went to bed in the hayloft, but neither of them felt at ease. When Carlone realized her...

The farm was run completely free of technology. Nothing but the labor of Carlone's uncle, mother, and some seasonal workers who were...