Guardians of the Phoenix
Guardians of the Phoenix
“The familiar desert terrain surrounded by bare grey mountains was no more: now all that could be seen in every direction was a limitless expanse of ochre desert. Samara felt out of her depth, vulnerable; she had left behind everything she had known since childhood, all the familiar comforts of home, and now nothing at all was familiar.
The physical feeling of vulnerability, the idea that at any second some unforeseen calamity might overcome them, was matched by a similar psychological fear. Back at the castle, with the weight of the council behind her, she had been sure of her place in the scheme of things: at the very top, thanks to her lineage. What she had suggested to the council had, in time, always been acted upon; she had had a quiet hold on power, the knowledge that she was respected, if not for the changes she had made, then for the fact that she was her father’s daughter. In a closed society like that of the castle, lineage meant everything.
Out here, with her fa...ther dead and the day to day rules of conduct much changed, she feared she was losing her grip on that power.MoreLess
The physical feeling of vulnerability, the idea that at any second some unforeseen calamity might overcome them, was matched by a similar psychological fear. Back at the castle, with the weight of the council behind her, she had been sure of her place in the scheme of things: at the very top, thanks to her lineage. What she had suggested to the council had, in time, always been acted upon; she had had a quiet hold on power, the knowledge that she was respected, if not for the changes she had made, then for the fact that she was her father’s daughter. In a closed society like that of the castle, lineage meant everything.
Out here, with her fa...ther dead and the day to day rules of conduct much changed, she feared she was losing her grip on that power.MoreLess
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