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Wren Black

Short Stories
- 2023
- Echoworld
- Crystal Azure

2023
         by Wren Black
Page 25 of 25

At the end of the ceremony, he/she must sign his/her name to the bottom of the contract, using his/her blood and the tip of the dagger as pen and ink. This last part signifies a blood vow, broken only by death. (Qa Tsanu=singular, Qa Tsani=plural)

I am a child of the night. I work only in the unseen corners of society, never visible.

I refuse all freedoms to which I was born, instead devoting my life to the Guild.

I will take no spouse. My blade is my husband; the blood of my victim in my wife.

My death is inconsequential, my life of little value. I am one of many; nameless, faceless amidst the crown. None shall know me. My past life is forgotten.

By my honor I swear: My life is that of a Qa Tsanu. If ever this should be questioned, my death will be quick and painful.

I am born anew, to live a different life, to die a different person. I am Qa Tsani.


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