People of the Morning Star
“Stepping to the side, he crossed his arms and placed his back to the wall. He dabbed at his sore forehead, discolored from the bruises it had suffered while banging the Tula’s face into pulp, and he’d strained a couple of muscles during the fight, but nothing that wouldn’t heal.
Blue Heron sat on the raised dais beside Tonka’tzi Wind. The spoiled niece, Sun Wing, looked sullen where she sat on her floor-level litter to the right. Perhaps she appeared so petulant because—though another rival for... the Tonka’tzi’s chair had conveniently vanished—the Keeper now occupied the spot she might have claimed for the first time in her short life.
Four Winds warriors, resplendent in waxed wooden armor, their shields at rest before them and war clubs at hand, lined the walls. The usual messengers and recorders were missing.
Tension, like a gut-string pulled too tight, vibrated in the room.
“Thief?” Blue Heron called as she looked up and recognized him. “Come forward.”
He glanced sidelong at the warriors who were staring at him with hard eyes.MoreLess
Blue Heron sat on the raised dais beside Tonka’tzi Wind. The spoiled niece, Sun Wing, looked sullen where she sat on her floor-level litter to the right. Perhaps she appeared so petulant because—though another rival for... the Tonka’tzi’s chair had conveniently vanished—the Keeper now occupied the spot she might have claimed for the first time in her short life.
Four Winds warriors, resplendent in waxed wooden armor, their shields at rest before them and war clubs at hand, lined the walls. The usual messengers and recorders were missing.
Tension, like a gut-string pulled too tight, vibrated in the room.
“Thief?” Blue Heron called as she looked up and recognized him. “Come forward.”
He glanced sidelong at the warriors who were staring at him with hard eyes.MoreLess
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