Those Below: The Empty Throne Book 2 - Plot & Excerpts
Above. A great width of pipe beat its steady tune, though as children of the slums they gave no more thought to the noise than they would the beating of their own hearts. On either side were bleak walls of faded red brick, tenement houses much like the one that Pyre had grown up in, finger-width walls separating small rooms into smaller ones, the smell of excreta and of cooked cabbage. At the back door of one of these hovels were two Dead Pigeons, nearly obscured by the shadow of the suck. Even back when the Cuckoos had been masters of the Fifth Rung, had strutted down the thoroughfares like capons ignorant of their deficit, they had rarely seen any point in visiting so impoverished and miserable a corner of their territory. These days, with Pyre’s men leading lightning raids on unwary custodians, with Five-Fingered handprints up on every wall from the docks to the Perennial Exchange, there was no Cuckoo brave enough to show himself below the top of the Fourth, and many who would not attempt even that modest feat.
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