Under the Moons of Mars
“Djor Kantos was.
Djor Kantos, a noble of the city. Djor Kantos, who had been her intended husband, until the morning a year ago that she discovered he cared for another.
That was the morning she’d taken her flier into a storm and ended up a prisoner of the Kaldanes, a living player in a gladiatorial game of Jetan.
Much had changed since then.
“Princess,” he greeted. “Your mother, Dejah Thoris, has bid me make you welcome.”
It was a formal speech—too formal for old friends—and he didn’t look her... quite in the eye.
(Too much had changed.) “You’re kind,” she said. “Where is Carthoris?”
“Your brother and his wife should be here shortly,” Djor said, frowned. “Do you mind my greeting you?”
“No,” she said too quickly, and when he held out his hand she took it without looking him in the eye.
(Her husband was waiting at home in Gathol. Djor Kantos had not been hers for a year, and she had not loved Djor Kantos to distraction then; why was it so hard to meet him now?) They walked to the audience hall in a silence that made it hard to breathe.MoreLess
Djor Kantos, a noble of the city. Djor Kantos, who had been her intended husband, until the morning a year ago that she discovered he cared for another.
That was the morning she’d taken her flier into a storm and ended up a prisoner of the Kaldanes, a living player in a gladiatorial game of Jetan.
Much had changed since then.
“Princess,” he greeted. “Your mother, Dejah Thoris, has bid me make you welcome.”
It was a formal speech—too formal for old friends—and he didn’t look her... quite in the eye.
(Too much had changed.) “You’re kind,” she said. “Where is Carthoris?”
“Your brother and his wife should be here shortly,” Djor said, frowned. “Do you mind my greeting you?”
“No,” she said too quickly, and when he held out his hand she took it without looking him in the eye.
(Her husband was waiting at home in Gathol. Djor Kantos had not been hers for a year, and she had not loved Djor Kantos to distraction then; why was it so hard to meet him now?) They walked to the audience hall in a silence that made it hard to breathe.MoreLess
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