The Cafe at the End of Lantern Lane
Chapter 8 · free to read
Twenty-two lanterns. Nine hundred steps. And Riku had never walked a dark road on his own in his life.
It was a toad. He would not learn that for another four seconds, which were quite long ones.
From the bottom, Lantern Lane looked like a river running uphill.
Four sparks, seven nights. 'Twenty-two lanterns, relit. Paid with: going anyway.'
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