The Brush of Black Wings
“He did gesture to Martise behind Silhara’s back, a sign she easily translated to the usual “horse’s ass.”
“I saw that,” Silhara said and frowned at the extra orange left beside his plate and cup—Gurn’s small revenge for having his first efforts ruined by Silhara’s prolonged stay in his bedchamber with Martise. It didn’t help that they were oranges bought from another grower.
In a petty act of revenge for Silhara’s resistance, the god Corruption had destroyed the orange grove that was once not o...nly Neith’s source of income but also Silhara’s love, second only to Martise. She hadn’t always understood his attachment to the grove until he’d revealed his history and what it represented—proof of his ability not only to overcome a childhood of deprivation and violence but to remain independent of the loathed priesthood who’d first sought to control him and then kill him.
Young orange trees grew where the burnt remains of the first trees fertilized the soil, their slender branches as yet unable to offer sanctuary to the crows that called Neith home.MoreLess
“I saw that,” Silhara said and frowned at the extra orange left beside his plate and cup—Gurn’s small revenge for having his first efforts ruined by Silhara’s prolonged stay in his bedchamber with Martise. It didn’t help that they were oranges bought from another grower.
In a petty act of revenge for Silhara’s resistance, the god Corruption had destroyed the orange grove that was once not o...nly Neith’s source of income but also Silhara’s love, second only to Martise. She hadn’t always understood his attachment to the grove until he’d revealed his history and what it represented—proof of his ability not only to overcome a childhood of deprivation and violence but to remain independent of the loathed priesthood who’d first sought to control him and then kill him.
Young orange trees grew where the burnt remains of the first trees fertilized the soil, their slender branches as yet unable to offer sanctuary to the crows that called Neith home.MoreLess
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