The Alien Library
““I don’t understand! Where is Daniel? Tendar?”
“Charges have been laid at your feet, Librarian. That you conspired to murder Jefarin. You will be kept safe until this is sorted out,” one of the guards told her. “We are not here to hurt you, but to protect you.”
“Protect me? From…” Her eyes widened as she saw Teemin, glaring at her at the top of a short flight of stone stairs. Behind him stood his four uncles. They were grim. She swallowed her question and literally shrank toward one of ...the guards. “Oh. Good.”
“Yes, exactly.” The guard set his hand at her shoulder. “I was told you had never seen our ocean. You will have a view from your room.”
“My cell,” she murmured. “Okay, will I be fed? Is there a shower?”
“It is a simple room, but yes, there are bathing facilities. And you will be fed.” He turned from the steps and they went a different direction, toward the ocean.MoreLess
“Charges have been laid at your feet, Librarian. That you conspired to murder Jefarin. You will be kept safe until this is sorted out,” one of the guards told her. “We are not here to hurt you, but to protect you.”
“Protect me? From…” Her eyes widened as she saw Teemin, glaring at her at the top of a short flight of stone stairs. Behind him stood his four uncles. They were grim. She swallowed her question and literally shrank toward one of ...the guards. “Oh. Good.”
“Yes, exactly.” The guard set his hand at her shoulder. “I was told you had never seen our ocean. You will have a view from your room.”
“My cell,” she murmured. “Okay, will I be fed? Is there a shower?”
“It is a simple room, but yes, there are bathing facilities. And you will be fed.” He turned from the steps and they went a different direction, toward the ocean.MoreLess
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