The Beastman's Burden
When a young, crippled woman finds herself abandoned, and turned on by her own people, it only takes one fateful night to lose all she's ever known. Bound to a centaur and dragged deep into the dark forests of the Drae, Idima fears to fathom what a beastman could want with a Mudim slave who can neither work nor run away.
Possessive and forbidding, the beast claims her as his own, but Idima knows that beastmen are nothing short of monsters, and Mudim are not but cattle to them. She'd rather die on her hands and knees in the woods than resign to being the creature's pet.
When conflict erupts among them, turning the devils against one another, the tables are suddenly turned, and her enemy’s life lands in her hands. With the monster she’s been taught to hate at her mercy- the beast who's people have brought her own such suffering for millenia- will Idima be able to overcome the sins of the past? And even if she could, will a crippled girl be enough to secure their future?
Meet The Characters
Idima
Idima lives in a small village on the border of Den Tizha- Holy Land of the mudim- and the Drae, the dark forest separating them from Dryad territory. Twenty-two and on her own, life is not devoid of difficulties as Idima was born crippled. But with the help of crutches and a free spirit, she leads an independent life in the face of prejudice.
The Centaur
The centaur is from Ahk Morden, east of the Drae Mountains, and needless to say is a long way from home as he raids mudim villages with his battalion.
The Half-Mud
The half-mud is a slave caught between two worlds, too manlike for one and too beastly for the other, he is an outcast wherever he goes.
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