She braced herself for the pain of the perfect horn breaking her heart.

“It was the forest’s fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the f…”

“She was what an aristocrat should be, porcelain and silk, unreachable, gracious…”

“Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough …”

“How massively the mountains stand, while low to the ground the sand blows. The …”