Three Kings and a Princess

Frankincense to Offer Have I: Part II

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[Continued from “Frankincense to Offer Have I: Part I”]

Mao was #falling into darkness. The ground neared, sprinkled with red warty wind-head mushrooms. “If you hit bottom, you die,” she thought and woke with a start.

“Ugh,” she was clammy with sweat and her stomach twisted. “Bile,” she labeled the taste in her mouth.

Like déjà vu; she saw Gram's face in the fog surrounding her bed. “Wake up, lazybones,” the wraith said.

“Tsk,” Gram clicked her tongue. “Sleeping in that dress. If you’ve spoiled it, you’ll deal with Lady Ah-Duo.”

That made no sense to Mao. “Had Tianya stolen it from Lady Ah-due? Why would she have such a monstrosity?” Her thoughts tumbled chaotically.

Mao sat up to the sounds of crickets and cicadas. When she #turned her head to look for them, the world whirled by like a kaleidoscope with the madam’s face distorted and looking like an evil cicada at the center.

[Continued Tuesday in “Frankincense to Offer Have I: Part III”]

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