((free)) - Aza Lukava

Aza smiled. It was not a wicked smile. It was the smile of someone who had solved a puzzle everyone else refused to see.

And the halter? She burned it.

When the mayor tried to arrest Aza for mischief, Jakov stood in front of her. “She broke no lock that was not already weak,” he said. “She stole nothing that was not returned. And she built what you could not.” aza lukava

The village debated for three days. In the end, they renamed the bridge: Lukavin Most — the Cunning One’s Bridge. Aza smiled

“You robbed the rich to feed the poor?” he asked. aza lukava