Chapter 14
SHAWNA STOOD AT THE edge of the marketplace. Valorie may have woken her up from her deep sleep, despite its darkness, but she couldn’t go back to sleep. So there she was, watching the merchants erect their stores, set out their goods and start the day of selling to the citizens of Vanbourne.
In her pocket, she thumbed the silver locket that burned her skin. She didn’t want to sell it—the one piece of jewelry was all she had left of her previous life. But if she didn’t, she was going to lose everything, and the locket would be the only thing she would ever have.
Was it a gamble she was willing to take? Absolutely. Shawna knew that if she didn’t do something now, she was forever doomed to live on the streets. She couldn’t resort to that, no matter how painful it was to lose her
