70 Tale of the Town - II

Seol commits the shortest missive in her life to Yong, anticipating more than anything the message getting intercepted before it falls into the hands of her brother. She finishes writing, puts sand on her glistening ink and while dusting it off tries to read it from a perspective of a third person. A probable spy. 

"You were right," the letter reads. "My greedy hands have tainted a good man's life. He brought this storm into his keep trying to make things safer for me on the shores of my betrothed. Now the storm suffocates us all. I send you a bit of it sealed in a vial. Make use of it well."