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Free Short Story: Rules of War by Fran Jacobs [Fantasy]
Rules of War By Fran Jacobs The creature in the cage wasn't moving. It sat still and silent in the centre of its prison watching Arathy approach, impassively and unconcerned, with its dull violet eyes. When Arathy's father, Kyther, had returned from patrol duty and unloaded the cage from the cart, the creature had been shouting in its own language and rattling the bars that surrounded it, but it had quietened down when Kyther had threatened it with an iron…