The City of Pillars
“Everything is dead or dying. Fitting considering how I feel.
The news of Shadya’s pregnancy still remained fresh on his mind. Rondel hadn’t said a word while trying to process the information. Thankfully, neither Shadya nor Athar had spoken to him either. Instead, the two kept to themselves or spoke briefly with each other, using a harsh language Rondel was not familiar with. It reminded him of the language first used by the djinn outside of Hegra.
Gods! he thought. She was the second v...oice Andrasta heard the majun speaking to at its lair. More lies.
Later that night, he sat against a low rock, beside a foul dung-filled fire pit. He stared into the clear, night sky trying to ignore what sounded like new voices in the distance speaking in the guttural, gulish tongue.
Looking at the twinkling specks above, Rondel recalled snippets of at least two dozen songs about celestial bodies. The heavens have always been an easy source of inspiration.MoreLess
The news of Shadya’s pregnancy still remained fresh on his mind. Rondel hadn’t said a word while trying to process the information. Thankfully, neither Shadya nor Athar had spoken to him either. Instead, the two kept to themselves or spoke briefly with each other, using a harsh language Rondel was not familiar with. It reminded him of the language first used by the djinn outside of Hegra.
Gods! he thought. She was the second v...oice Andrasta heard the majun speaking to at its lair. More lies.
Later that night, he sat against a low rock, beside a foul dung-filled fire pit. He stared into the clear, night sky trying to ignore what sounded like new voices in the distance speaking in the guttural, gulish tongue.
Looking at the twinkling specks above, Rondel recalled snippets of at least two dozen songs about celestial bodies. The heavens have always been an easy source of inspiration.MoreLess
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