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It was going to be an adventure no matter what they all ended up doing—
just taking this lot to a museum will be an adventure,
she thought to herself, visions of marble columns, kings, and foreign canals on her mind.

“Ready, My Lady?”

Raven held out his hand. He was dressed properly, with a black morning coat and trousers, with boots that shone, but with hair still wild. He wore gloves; the nubs of new feathers had just begun to grow back along his arms.

She smiled and took his hand.

“Ready.”

Tracy Lynn
is the pseudonym of Elizabeth J. Braswell, a writer who spent her childhood reading rather than listening, dreaming rather than watching. After she graduated from Brown, Tracy spent the next decade producing videogames. She currently lives in the East Village with her husband, Scott, her cat, George, and a tank full of fish, all also named George. You can email her at [email protected].

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