Metal Halos and Titanium Flowers
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Last published Sat, Dec 26, 2015
"What in clockworks name are you doing out in the zones?"
The boys pale lips curved into a smile and he yawned before slowly sitting up.
"Exactly my question" he said with a small smirk his voice deep and smooth. He lent in so close I could feel his breath against my cheek.
"Why is a simple steam worker like you doing out here, especially with herbs of such forbidden value" I clutched my basket a little closer to my chest.
"Answer that, Coal"
what.
After the events of the ultra-violet 50 years ago humanity is at the beginning after the end. Coal is a steam worker working for the rich and controlling clockworks in the giant steampunk palaces that dot the cities. But Coal is also different. She is a glitch, a secret rebel sneaking into the forbidden zones to collect herbs in an effort to find a cure for the polluted. Her life is dangerous.
That is, until she meets Kellin. the mysterious boy that knows too much about her and everything else.
Coal's life just got a whole lot scarier.
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