Chapter 16 Part 5 | Son in Sorrow | IHGK Book 2
The King seemed to settle in to the same calm surrounding the younger man; he joined his hands loosely before him. "What else have you been told?""That I am the son of a man you hated for good reason,"...
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The Mothers soon gathered. Ardunn knelt before the King at the feet of Amma's image; his hands clasped his sword hilt and his new lord wrapped his hands round them both. In a strong voice, Ardunn swore...
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Temmin rose from the book oddly comforted. "He let the boy Ardunn live? He didn't change his mind once they were in Tremont?""No," said Teacher. "Tennoc took Ardunn to Marsury, where he became quite...
View ArticleChapter 17 Part 1 | Son in Sorrow | IHGK Book 2
Twenna and the baby arrived at her father's townhouse two weeks after the birth to chaos. Burly men were coming and going with everything they could cart off. White shrouds covered the few remaining...
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The Temple of Amma was a C-shaped, white stone building tiled in clear blues from powder to midnight in mosaics and reliefs of sheep, goats, pigs, sheaves of wheat, children, mothers, looms and...
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"It's not that bad," said a voice at the door. Twenna looked up. It was a woman about her own age, her chestnut hair twisted into a low, simple bun. Her snub nose sat in a face neither pretty nor...
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Nerrik pulled off the nipple with a gasping sigh of sleepy delight and Twenna chuckled in spite of herself. "Nerrik. I call him Rikki.""Oh, a Neya's Day babe?""He--he has to be," said Twenna, her own...
View ArticleChapter 17 Part 5 | Son in Sorrow | IHGK Book 2
This section is NSFW.Winter's Ending turned into Spring's Beginning. Temmin's twentieth birthday came and went on the ninth of the spoke with little fanfare; the country was still in mourning, and he...
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Temmin stood before the Most High Beloved. "Am I excused as well, Most High?"She studied him coolly. "You are excused. While I know you don't need to practice the Eight, I may say there are other...
View ArticleChapter 18 Part 1 | Son in Sorrow | IHGK Book 2
The 40th day of Spring's Beginning, 992 KYMeggan Esterill entered Twenna's tiny room with a perfunctory knock. "He's come again.""Hush, Rikki just fell asleep," said Twenna, her foot rocking the baby's...
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The Mothers were nothing if not efficient. Twenna found herself packed and ready to go in two days, her gray uniform returned to the laundry and her fine clothes from her former life sold in exchange...
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Though it was not Malla's intent, Temmin closed his face to the world. He spent more time in the less-senior clergy's beds and gave Allis no more than his polite, rather stoic regard. He declined any...
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Mathanus vomited on his own feet; Justinna huddled on the floor in incoherent shrieks. Temmin would have begged for Allis's life, but the stickiness filled his mouth; all he could do was cry. Nerr was...
View ArticleEpilogue | Son in Sorrow | IHGK Book 2
The Northern Wastes, late Summer's Beginning, 992 KYRodder Pawl looked down the long, curving ridge jutting out of the lake and shivered. What a fate it would be for his horse to lose her footing and...
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