After Under – Kennedy Cannon (1)

“Of course,” Reader said. “Now let’s get you upstairs so you can sleep this off and tell me more about how everything is always my fault in the morning.” 1kitap1.com/en ix. “if you share it with another, it no longer exists. what is it?” the king does not know.

the answer is ‘a secret’ and it catches in his throat, like a plum stone. you watch him choke on it. when he falls to the ground, you turn away. 1kitap1.com/en Finn was walking down a dirt path, a boy with dark hair on one side of her and a child with sad eyes on the other, both of them holding her hands. It was very late in the afternoon, almost evening, and the walls of the labyrinth were so tall, they seemed to stretch on forever and ever and ever.

“I don’t like crust on my sandwiches,” Woeful Child said, as if it were the most tragic thing in the world. Finn nodded her head in agreement. “It’s an anagram—the puzzle on the door. It’s an anagram: banished then wiser. The answer is behind,” Reader said. Finn nodded her head in agreement. Finn said, “If the ceiling breaks, but it’s really the floor, what will happen?

Will we still fall?” The boy and the child said nothing, did not even nod their heads in agreement. They came to a courtyard full of stone women, each with a plaque at their feet. The one that read FAIRNESS stepped down from her platform and took Finn’s face in her hands and kissed her full on the lips— “Finn,” a voice whispered. The mattress dipped beneath a new weight as someone climbed beneath the covers and curled up beside her. Hair tickled her cheek, and she smelled vanilla and Ivory bar soap.

A hand grasped Finn’s, warm and soft. “I’m sorry,” a voice whispered. It sounded like her sister’s. “S’alright . . .” Finn murmured back, not bothering to open her eyes, already slipping back into unconsciousness. “No, you don’t understand,” the voice that sounded like her sister’s said.

Being an Account of a Girl named Finn and Her Adventures with Her Younger Sister, Her Great-Aunt, Several Crows, a Seamstress, the Under King, a Child named Willful Girl, a Pig, and Others too Numerous to Mention 1kitap1.com/en Copyright © 2025 by Kennedy Cannon Cover design © 2025 by Kennedy Cannon All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without prior permission.

Printed in the United States of America. No form of AI (including AI-generated text or images) was used in the creation of this book. AI cannot replace human creativity, talent, or passion. 1kitap1.com/en It was just before midnight when a young girl tumbled through the basement door. There was dirt smudged across her cheeks, and the skirt of her white ball gown was torn and tattered.

Blood had crusted beneath her fingernails. She slammed the door closed behind her and thrust the key into the lock, listening for the CLICK. The rest of the house was silent except for the chime of the grandfather clock. One . . . Two . . . Three . . . Her skirts billowed around her as she slumped to the hardwood floor. She peeled the slippers from her feet and flung them to the other end of the hall. . . . Four . . . Five . .

. Six . . . She closed her eyes and breathed deeply through her nose, trying to steady her heartbeat. She could feel it all the way down in the tips of her fingers. . . . Seven . . . Eight . . .

Nine . . . The world still felt like it was spinning, ’round and ’round and ’round. She ran her tongue over the back of her teeth and tasted blackberry wine and dirt. . . . Ten . . . Eleven . . . Twelve . . . She counted the clock chimes under her breath; only a few hours had passed in her own world.

Her family wouldn’t have even noticed her absence.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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