(One point deducted only for the painful cliffhanger that will leave you counting days until Chapter 16.)
Kestrel took it. On it, in hurried hand, was a map: a tiny scrawl showing the Lanternmakers Hall and a cluster of buildings marked with crosses. Below, a single line: Ninth strike, lanterns will be collected. City of Broken Dreamers -v1.15.0 Ch. 15-
The crowd cheered as though an old song had returned. Ruan’s smile thinned. He turned to the Council and found their gaze not entirely purchased by numbers. Somewhere in the faces of those watching was a ledger he could not enter. (One point deducted only for the painful cliffhanger
