The Siren's Mask: A Fantasy Story - Sharp Mere 4

"Many times I dreamed of taking my chisel to the head of the Chief Overseer. All day I smash the rock, how soft the human skull. Did you know it has its own seams, just like the wall of rock in front of you, easy to probe and split open with a chisel? Now I remember more clearly. That wasn’t a dream. I killed the overseer and for that I was sent to the Post of Punishment. I unseamed his head. It was the centaur who gave me the idea."

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A siren is captured and held prisoner in Sharp Mere. Treated with cruelty she dreams of escape but her only hope is a coarse-tongued eunuch. He suspects she may not be what she seems but even he could not guess at the secret she holds. Will he help her or leave her to her fate?

This story of around 50,000 words is complete in itself but ideally should be read after the first three Sharp Mere stories.