The King's Horse (Shioni of Sheba book 2)
“Tariku told them an old story from his people about a cow-stealing giant and the villagers’ hilarious, bumbling efforts to catch him. Talaku claimed Tariku was giving him ideas for how he could create more trouble.
As the men fell to bickering, Shioni’s attention wandered.
Star’s easy gait and the soaring temperature combined to make her sleepy, but not so sleepy as to miss a flash of movement on the far bank of the Mesheha river.
Her voice climbed to an embarrassing squeak. “Ah… Ta...riku!”
“What… well, what?”
“I just saw one of Kalcha’s hyenas!”
“You’re imagining–” Tariku’s spear leaped into his hand. “By all that’s holy! Three of the mangy curs!”
Talaku chuckled. “Lucky for them they’re over there.” Whipping Siltam off his back, he tested the blade’s edge lovingly with the pad of his thumb.MoreLess
As the men fell to bickering, Shioni’s attention wandered.
Star’s easy gait and the soaring temperature combined to make her sleepy, but not so sleepy as to miss a flash of movement on the far bank of the Mesheha river.
Her voice climbed to an embarrassing squeak. “Ah… Ta...riku!”
“What… well, what?”
“I just saw one of Kalcha’s hyenas!”
“You’re imagining–” Tariku’s spear leaped into his hand. “By all that’s holy! Three of the mangy curs!”
Talaku chuckled. “Lucky for them they’re over there.” Whipping Siltam off his back, he tested the blade’s edge lovingly with the pad of his thumb.MoreLess
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