The Ash Girl
by A’Lis Bly
For my daughter Claire
Hun Vedverte
Chapter XI
1953 CE
The Road to Asmara
Asmeret walked out of the woods as the sun came up to her right. North. How far, how long a walk, how many hours or days before she should turn west, into the mountains? She opened her mouth to ask the question aloud; closed it again. No bird or dog to hear.