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She stood in the middle of a large room, shifting from foot to foot and fearfully looking around. The situation was unusual, and the girl felt uncomfortable. She was already beginning to regret that she agreed to this work. But on the other hand, she could not count on anything more. There was no money for study, as well as there was no opportunity to get a place in a decent company. At the most, this village girl could count on, this was the place of a nurse or a cleaning lady in a local hospital and all ...
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The captives were shackled and put on heavy iron hoops, thin from the painful transition of the neck. The hammer knocked on the anvil, and every blow of it responded with a shiver in all the members. Pale more from fear than from fatigue slaves were kneeling on a wide platform, resignedly waiting for their turn.
Those who were already put on the chains were taken away by the guards and placed across a thick log, firmly tied with wide raw-belt belts and ...
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Those who were already put on the chains were taken away by the guards and placed across a thick log, firmly tied with wide raw-belt belts and ...
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The world is developing in a spiral. This truth is as old and true as the Universe itself. With each new turn, stepping back a little, he is reborn with a new force, as if wishing to take revenge for a forced retreat. And again blood is shed, the clang of iron is heard, the groans of the dying. But the World lives and rejoices in its new victory over itself.
NEW HOST
The wind increased. Howling howl, he swayed the tops of the age-old trees with frenzy, making them creak plainly, as if ...
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NEW HOST
The wind increased. Howling howl, he swayed the tops of the age-old trees with frenzy, making them creak plainly, as if ...
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The sun had already disappeared behind the treetops, but the long-awaited coolness did not come. Hot from the heat of the day the air was filled with moisture and became viscous and heavy. Citizens hurried to their homes in the ghostly hope of finding salvation outside the walls of old stone houses. Only the main square of the old town was full of work. A few workers, naked to the waist, knocking with hammers and retaining them, made a huge platform. In the morning was to be executed - a favorite ...
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Julia put out the desk lamp and stretched sweetly, leaning back in her chair. It was dusk outside the window, it was late evening. The fine rain that drizzled all day has stopped. There was almost no wind. Stars were visible in the blackened sky. “Time to go home,” thought Julia. “Sleep.”
She, without haste, got out from the table and was about to put on her coat, as they knocked quietly on the office door. “Come in,” said Julia calmly.
The door opened slowly ...
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She, without haste, got out from the table and was about to put on her coat, as they knocked quietly on the office door. “Come in,” said Julia calmly.
The door opened slowly ...
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With a terrible clang, heavy wrought-iron gates opened wide. Immediately two doors! The huge crowd, driven to the high walls of the palace and buzzing like a beehive razoroshenny, subsided and froze. Everyone knew that if both doors opened, it would mean a penalty.
On the square stood the scaffold with the thick ...
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On the square stood the scaffold with the thick ...
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Tanya easily found the address specified in the ad.The three-storey red brick mansion with a sloping tile roof and a large marble porch was located on the very edge of a small cottage village, one of many that had recently grown in the suburbs like mushrooms after rain. Having looked around a little, the girl sighed deeply and with a decisive step went to the lattice gate. - Where are you going, baby? - high guard in ...
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The ruins of a medieval castle have long been famous for their incredible legends. Repeatedly, the city authorities made a decision to demolish them, but every time this idea failed for a variety of reasons. That suddenly there was a lack of funds, then refused to provide the necessary equipment. In the end, a pile of stones just waved.
There was another oddity to which no one could find an explanation. The cellars of the old citadel never became ...
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There was another oddity to which no one could find an explanation. The cellars of the old citadel never became ...
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