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Title: Silver Piece
Challenge/Prompt: #71 Silver
Original Fiction or Fanfiction [Name of fandom]: Original
Rating: SFW
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: copyright insomniac_tales
Summary: With threats all around there is one thing that comforts Severine.
Author's Notes: This is preliminary work for nanowrimo this year.


Severine sits close to the window. Night presses against the panes until it seems it might seep in. She won't be safe here for long, even with Reese typing furiously on the Remington.

There is one comfort. The single silver coin that was her dowry; the only reminder she has of the past. It's the little bit that she pushes down most other days. This tiny, shiny thing reminds her that she was human once, before this all began. She could bruise her hand squeezing it for reassurance tonight.

Her confidence restored she tucks it away and opens the window.