The People of the Black Sun
“Leafless maples swayed gently behind her, their branches already shining with a thin white crust.
The woman was exhausted, gasping hoarse lungfuls of air. She’d unbraided her long hair, and it draped in perfect glistening waves around her beautiful face. Tiny arcs of snow crested her high cheekbones and iced the lashes that fringed her large black eyes. She’d been running all day without a break, desperately trying to reach Sky Messenger.
Unbeknownst to her, Sonon had been at her side the entir...e time. Sooner or later, he knew she would see him.
She collapsed in the middle of the path and curled into a fetal position. She made no sound, but when she succumbed to shivering, the dark curve of trail seemed to tighten around her, holding her tall body in a lover’s grasp.
Sonon tilted his head.
There were always souls whose burden of suffering seemed so great that it became an obscenity, a thing that could not be borne by any sane person. At the age of twelve summers, her village had been burned, her parents killed, and she and her two sisters had been sold into slavery.MoreLess
The woman was exhausted, gasping hoarse lungfuls of air. She’d unbraided her long hair, and it draped in perfect glistening waves around her beautiful face. Tiny arcs of snow crested her high cheekbones and iced the lashes that fringed her large black eyes. She’d been running all day without a break, desperately trying to reach Sky Messenger.
Unbeknownst to her, Sonon had been at her side the entir...e time. Sooner or later, he knew she would see him.
She collapsed in the middle of the path and curled into a fetal position. She made no sound, but when she succumbed to shivering, the dark curve of trail seemed to tighten around her, holding her tall body in a lover’s grasp.
Sonon tilted his head.
There were always souls whose burden of suffering seemed so great that it became an obscenity, a thing that could not be borne by any sane person. At the age of twelve summers, her village had been burned, her parents killed, and she and her two sisters had been sold into slavery.MoreLess
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