A bandit clan sees insolent city walls crumble and reach for the spoils of disaster. A traveler and her aged companion hear the cries of a grieving pony and rush to her aid.

In one fell swoop, Baklava's world is turned upside down, and her future will be written in blood and magic.

Tags for this story: Slightly softened exposition bludgeon, blood, sickness, minor character deaths, near death experience, F/F sex, sexual healing (yes, really), consensual minor mind control, breast play