Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

point out where Virginia was. Yellelle pointed to more likewhere Ohio would be, and Ava pointed to a more exactlocation. Using her as translator, Ava went thru the wholestory, the parking garage, how it was planked in, how peopleargued about bathroom duty, the landfill that the pistolierosbusted open and how her father scavenged there. She sawthem both cry when she told them how her sister was taken.They cried again about how her mother was assaulted on herway home from work.She told them about the political situation, how theWarlord of Pennsylvania had moved his forces all the way tothe Potomac as soon as the Nigerians went home, using thejudges and their constables and a tenuous membership in theCommonwealth of Laurentia as a facade of legitimacy. Sheowed her afterlife to the Warlord, but that didn’t mean shewas his vassal, far from it.By then Koruki had poured a goblet of wine. Sheremembered the stuff they’d had at the house with the extraguest room, and was prepared for a similar experience, aliquid that was somewhat more purple than red, had a grapetaste to it and a potent alcoholic content. Instead she wasknocked back by one of the finest merlots she had eversipped. It was also relatively dry for a merlot, and even drierin aftertaste.“This is very good,” Ava said.“Yeah, the temple employed the most expert vintners inthe Isles in these days,” Yellelle told her.”429