Brood of Bones
““You should have left him in one of the parlors, Mister Obenji.”
“He claimed he was meant to meet you there, Elder Enchantress Hiresha.”
I found the priest picking through his mess of grey hair and casting an appraising eye on the ballroom’s chandeliers and vaulted windows. “Ah, Flawless Hiresha. Abwar of the Ever Always has withdrawn his support for you, which, to me, is the highest of recommendations.”
“Perhaps he is right to doubt me.”
“The Fate Weaver has selected your thread among thousand...s and blessed you with prosperity.” He waved from my gowns to the ballroom’s blue satin curtains. “The goddess does not choose idly. Now, Abwar rants about the pregnancies, and each web I read is chaotic. Should I worry?”
I tried to think of a reason not to confirm Priest Salkant’s concerns but could not conceive of one. “The women, that is all the pregnant women of Morimound....It could be as the priest said.”
He sighed. “She weaves as She wills.”
“I am not yet ready to believe their futures will be snipped short.MoreLess
“He claimed he was meant to meet you there, Elder Enchantress Hiresha.”
I found the priest picking through his mess of grey hair and casting an appraising eye on the ballroom’s chandeliers and vaulted windows. “Ah, Flawless Hiresha. Abwar of the Ever Always has withdrawn his support for you, which, to me, is the highest of recommendations.”
“Perhaps he is right to doubt me.”
“The Fate Weaver has selected your thread among thousand...s and blessed you with prosperity.” He waved from my gowns to the ballroom’s blue satin curtains. “The goddess does not choose idly. Now, Abwar rants about the pregnancies, and each web I read is chaotic. Should I worry?”
I tried to think of a reason not to confirm Priest Salkant’s concerns but could not conceive of one. “The women, that is all the pregnant women of Morimound....It could be as the priest said.”
He sighed. “She weaves as She wills.”
“I am not yet ready to believe their futures will be snipped short.MoreLess
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