Only the Stones Survive: a Novel (2015)
Only the Stones Survive: a Novel
“I straightened up, feeling foolish.
She held out her hand toward me. “Come on, Joss, it’s all right. If you are so determined to know what I do, you might as well do it with me.”
“I was afraid you were in danger.”
“And you thought I was unaware? What a kind boy you are. Except”—she narrowed her eyes sharply—“you are not a boy anymore, are you? I thought you were much smaller.”
I was both pleased and embarrassed.
“Did Mongan ask you to be my bodyguard?”
“He … ah … this is... a duty I gave myself.”
Her eyes sparkled with an inner amusement. “I see,” she said in a serious voice. “A man’s duty to his kindred, no doubt. Did you know we are relatives, Joss? Your father and mine are, or were, cousins.”
“The Day of Catastrophe?” I guessed. “That’s when my mother was killed too.”MoreLess
She held out her hand toward me. “Come on, Joss, it’s all right. If you are so determined to know what I do, you might as well do it with me.”
“I was afraid you were in danger.”
“And you thought I was unaware? What a kind boy you are. Except”—she narrowed her eyes sharply—“you are not a boy anymore, are you? I thought you were much smaller.”
I was both pleased and embarrassed.
“Did Mongan ask you to be my bodyguard?”
“He … ah … this is... a duty I gave myself.”
Her eyes sparkled with an inner amusement. “I see,” she said in a serious voice. “A man’s duty to his kindred, no doubt. Did you know we are relatives, Joss? Your father and mine are, or were, cousins.”
“The Day of Catastrophe?” I guessed. “That’s when my mother was killed too.”MoreLess
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