Karavans (2007)
“Said beast had also eaten most of a milch cow that had somehow broken her tether and wandered into jeopardy. And so the dawn rites were attended by karavaners respectful of the wife’s grief, and, in their ignorance, of her husband’s memory.
Rhuan, standing with Ilona at an edge of the gathering, heard no hint of irony in the voices of Branca and Melior, the two male diviners who performed the rites; clearly, they didn’t know the truth. And while custom dictated that all three karavan diviners s...hould take part in the proceedings, Jorda, pointedly avoiding eye contact with Rhuan and Ilona, briefly explained to all that Ilona had come down with a malady that affected her voice and would not be able to participate.
Rhuan glanced at her sidelong. Nothing in her hazel eyes gave away her thoughts, but her lean face was taut. He had suggested she not attend, but she insisted in a voice that by morning was nearly normal. He wondered if now she wished she had decided otherwise.
He had seen human death rituals several times because now and again people died on a karavan journey.MoreLess
Rhuan, standing with Ilona at an edge of the gathering, heard no hint of irony in the voices of Branca and Melior, the two male diviners who performed the rites; clearly, they didn’t know the truth. And while custom dictated that all three karavan diviners s...hould take part in the proceedings, Jorda, pointedly avoiding eye contact with Rhuan and Ilona, briefly explained to all that Ilona had come down with a malady that affected her voice and would not be able to participate.
Rhuan glanced at her sidelong. Nothing in her hazel eyes gave away her thoughts, but her lean face was taut. He had suggested she not attend, but she insisted in a voice that by morning was nearly normal. He wondered if now she wished she had decided otherwise.
He had seen human death rituals several times because now and again people died on a karavan journey.MoreLess
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