Welcome to Stories from Among the Stars.

You're listening to Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorn,

narrated by Jessica Threat.

Chapter 4.

Keyanth

They stared at the ramshackle building.

Well, it's not uninhabitable,

Raina said.

Kianth snickered.

Truly, though, the building itself wasn't bad.

As the mage had feared,

Tawny bordered on uninhabitable,

pressed between a vicious mountain range

and the cold, open plains of a vast tundra.

Sparse forests of pine trees offered mild scenery, but a closer look proved that only the stiffest plants bothered to take root.

Lindenbach, the road they stood on, was on the edge of town and faced an open stretch of land.

The sunset views were incredible, but Kianth was already too cold to appreciate them.

Aside from the scenery, the best word to describe this place was seedy.

Raina was spot on about it being a bandit headquarters, or at least a recruiting spot they

sometimes visited. Broken glass and empty ale barrels filled the street, although the barn in question

seemed unoccupied. The neighbors had slammed their doors shut when Raina and Keanth approached,

and a pair of men were staring greedily at Visk.

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