Nails

Hector grumbled, reviewing his ledger with blissful frustration. Behind him, his strong, 12-year-old daughter, Aifa, led their whinnying mule around the forge pit. She gave it a glance of the switch in her hand and the beast quieted. In the corner, Adrut, a fat, older boy, shoveled the mule’s droppings onto a back pile before […]