The Killing Moon (Dreamblood)
“They birth and shape the dreamers of the world. Love and fear them.
(Wisdom) It was the hottest time of the day. Sunandi had fallen asleep on a couch in the second-floor breezeway when Etissero’s son Saladronim prodded her awake. “Jeh Kalawe. A man.”
She sat up, bleary from sleep and the heat. A dry, dust-laden wind blew into the house and set the curtains a-billowing; she yearned momentarily for the cool moist breezes of Kisua. “Tell him I’m not interested.”
“At the door, Jeh Kalawe. He said... he was a merchant but he didn’t look right. He asked after the mistress of the house. I told him we were Bromarte, we leave our women at home like sensible people. He said that was all right because he wanted to see the Kisuati mistress of the house.”
That woke her up. “What did this man look like?”
“Tall. Black as you. Shaven bald but for two long braids at the nape. He didn’t act like a merchant either, Jeh Kalawe. He never smiled.”
“Bi’incha.” She knew who it was.MoreLess
(Wisdom) It was the hottest time of the day. Sunandi had fallen asleep on a couch in the second-floor breezeway when Etissero’s son Saladronim prodded her awake. “Jeh Kalawe. A man.”
She sat up, bleary from sleep and the heat. A dry, dust-laden wind blew into the house and set the curtains a-billowing; she yearned momentarily for the cool moist breezes of Kisua. “Tell him I’m not interested.”
“At the door, Jeh Kalawe. He said... he was a merchant but he didn’t look right. He asked after the mistress of the house. I told him we were Bromarte, we leave our women at home like sensible people. He said that was all right because he wanted to see the Kisuati mistress of the house.”
That woke her up. “What did this man look like?”
“Tall. Black as you. Shaven bald but for two long braids at the nape. He didn’t act like a merchant either, Jeh Kalawe. He never smiled.”
“Bi’incha.” She knew who it was.MoreLess
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