Chapter 11, Hope Shoemaker:
Hope woke from her slumber. She had taken to sleeping in her workshop. It was the only place she felt safe. Her sister, Chastity, had somehow managed to elude the guards and her allies who now patrolled the small portion of the citadel.
Her plans were still in their infancy. If the court got wind of what she was doing, they were still strong enough to stop her and her new best friends. As formidable as she became with magic, she was weak while she slept. If someone took her head, all would be lost.
She couldn’t help but run her hands over her new body. The melding with Giblet had turned her thin, sickly form into a strong, muscular frame. In her current condition, she doubted there was a natural human male in the lands that could keep up with her, in battle o
