The Secret Path
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Part One
The sun beat down on the hilly side of the Ilah Province, baking the earth with a soft warmth and scenting the air with a subtle aroma. The workers were busy at their tasks in the fields, but paused now and then to take in their surroundings and pass around a cool drink of water. Many of them worked at a leisurely pace, knowing that the greater work for the day had not yet started.
They were, for the most part, merely keeping busy while they waited for the master of the house.
A warm wind raced up the hill upon which the humble estate rested, flying through the quaking leaves of the surrounding treetops