I’ll Win the World for My Husband

Clang!

The last rosy glow, like snow, was pressed beneath the horizon by the deepening dusk.

A bell rang beneath the old locust tree at the head of Creekflower Village, startling a treeful of birds returning to their nests.

“Help! Uncle is trying to kill his own niece and sell his brother’s wife!”

The child’s cries rang out with the bell, spreading throughout the entire village…