|| Beyond the docks a village crawled up the banks and into the trees, familiar in that its steep setting reminded him of the home they had left behind. He marveled, however, at the way this place was different in a reckless sort of way. Cottages seemed to climb over rocks here and burrow into the hillside there. Paths worn into the dirt served as streets that formed a web of connection throughout the encampment.

People began to appear, stepping from their homes to stare down at them on the waterfront. Bracy’s mother looked back at them as she moved up beside him, and then she turned him to face her and knelt so she was level with his brown-eyed gaze.

“Bracy, love, there’s something I need to tell you.”

Something in her voice made him stiffen. The worry and fear she had carried through the woods and across the water seemed to seep from her fingers and into his shoulders, tightening his little body and whispering that everything was about to change. ||

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