The Devoured Earth
“‘I’m sorry. Don’t cry.’She wasn’t going to cry. All her tears were gone. But she pressed her face into him anyway and breathed deeply of his smell: salty and masculine and everything she imagined when she thought of home.The light of the glowstones changed colour from a warm yellow to a cold, crystal blue.She looked up, blinking with surprise, and saw four people standing in the workshop where there had been none before.
Three, she corrected herself. One wasn’t a person at all.‘I knew you were ...here,’ said the Goddess. The bright spark of the Flame hung weightlessly in the air, between her and the glast. The twins stood to her right and behind her, side by side like watchful uncles. ‘I also knew you’d be finding this difficult. We’ve come to offer our advice.’‘To make the decision for us, you mean,’ said Shilly with a flash of irritation.‘No. I’ve already decided my future, and it makes no difference to me what you do with yours.’ The short woman with the hazel eyes and long, brown-grey hair tilted her head and smiled.MoreLess
Three, she corrected herself. One wasn’t a person at all.‘I knew you were ...here,’ said the Goddess. The bright spark of the Flame hung weightlessly in the air, between her and the glast. The twins stood to her right and behind her, side by side like watchful uncles. ‘I also knew you’d be finding this difficult. We’ve come to offer our advice.’‘To make the decision for us, you mean,’ said Shilly with a flash of irritation.‘No. I’ve already decided my future, and it makes no difference to me what you do with yours.’ The short woman with the hazel eyes and long, brown-grey hair tilted her head and smiled.MoreLess
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