A LION BENEATH THREE STARS

Mavenlus DeskFICTION

She pulled out a chain.

Old gold. Thin. Worn to a shine at the links where it had been handled.

And on the end of it, a flat oval pendant the size of a thumbnail, dark with age in the recesses, bright on the raised parts.

Adrian stopped breathing.

At the center of the pendant was a crest.

A lion, couchant, and above it three stars in a row.

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A work of fiction. The characters and events are invented; any resemblance to real people is coincidental.

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