Fate and friendship brought Horace, Rumi, and Aliyah together in Rumis Wandering Wagon of Wonderful Wares, a sentient self-propelling wagon. They seek the forest haunting Aliyahs dream, hoping for answers about their past and their unique abilitiesbut for that, they need to traverse a world haunted by Fragments, dangerous shards that can possess travellers.

With the Fragments in the wilderness, banditry was the last danger Horace had expected on the roadbut not even that could stop Keza Nesmit. Swift and deadly with a staff, Keza drops on the Wagon crew, claiming most of their provisions before vanishing back into the Tesrima Ridge. As if to compound their bad luck, the tunnel that serves as the only pass through the mountain is flooded and impassable.

Keza reappears, and shes willing to show them the source of the flooding, a waterway blocked by Fragments, in the hopes that they can unblock itand just like with the stolen food, she wont answer any questions about her motives, no matter how friendly. Abrasive, confident, and eager to bicker, Keza makes for a thorny companion, but theyll need to work together to free the pass and continue their travel.

As they unravel the Fragments blockage, so, too, do they chip away at Kezas walls. But the cost of breaking both is far higher than anticipated, and Horace is about to learn that some secrets are better left untouched.

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Flooded Secrets is the seconded of nine novellas of a fantasy adventure blending cozy fantasy vibes and D&D style side-questing, imbued with an aspec-focused queernormative world and strong platonic bonds.