Story Excerpt Sunday: From “A Mere Scutcheon” in Conscientious Inconsistencies by Nancy Jane Moore

A Mere Scutcheon

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Conscientious Inconsistencies

by Nancy Jane Moore

“Our credit should still be good at the Café Maudite,” Asamir said, leaning toward the mirror to rearrange her blonde curls for the third time.

Anna d’Gart waited—with resignation rather than patience—while her fellow guardswoman primped. She had casually tied her own auburn hair back after training, but she was accustomed to Asamir’s vanity. “The King’s Guardsmen frequent the Maudite,” she said. “We might find...