The Celestial Whore 4- The Next Dawn
This is Chapter 4 of the story. First Chapter of this story in this link . Chapter 3 could be found here . The pale dawn light spilled across the flood rice paddies. The murky waters~ bobbing with the recent bloating dead within~ lapped at the weathered base of the beleaguered fortress, tendrils of mist clung to the scorch pocked walls, wreathing the imposing structure in an otherworldly veil. Dragonflies with dewdrop stuck to their glassy wings hesitated on the long marsh reed's grass blades. Jade-green stalks swayed gently along the moat banks, their rustling cutting through the stillness. All was hushed in foreboding stillness save for the occasional creak of the wooden watchtowers and the distant calls of birds. Here and there, Lord Qin's weary sentries stirred, their armor clinking as they scanned the fortress walls. The sentries blinked wearily, their eyes stinging from the acrid smoke that still hung in the air. Around the Qin camps, the old wives who lived around t
