Chapter Two: A Confused Awakening

By Joyce Jacobo [Author’s Note: Hope everyone is doing well! Here is chapter two of “The Tinker Town Chronicles.” Here is the link to Chapter One: https://theliteraryserenityarchives.wordpress.com/2023/02/17/chapter-one-concerns-a-clocktower-keeper/%5D Clocks were ticking in the darkness. Surrounding her. Horatia found comfort in their regular rhythms. Like small, gentle heartbeats. She tried to move but found it too difficult.