This is my response to Day 25 of http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/'s 30 Days of Flash Fiction, the list for which can be found at http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/221684.html?view=1245940#t1245940

Sayl was working in the library.  Her husband didn’t do much research these days unless he needed a fact for his book but those of her children and ( Read more... )

She had been born into the master’s household, her mother having been already with child when purchased for her kitchen skills. Sayl herself did not stand out at all among the household: her colouring was not unusual; she was not particularly pretty or skilled; she had no character trait that made her stand out from the rest of the household; and ( Read more... )