A Dark Smoke
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Last published Fri, Feb 7, 2025
"Give me gold, and I'll bring your daughter back to you."
In which Esme Shelby-Lee trades life for death, and children for gold.
In which Evanghelie and Erasmus find themselves trapped in choices and worries.
In which they both enter a world they can't escape.
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