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143 - Before the sack, reprise

The fessas and okas, at least some of them, from the camp were pouring into the city, hoping to hide from the coming battle. The Sereniteers and guard and Mahid who would have stopped them, would have policed the gate, were gone, ordered away either to the last rag-tag rejins or to the Marble Palace. I sat back against the pillows, looking at Kyriala who sat with her face covered by her

142 - There is Nothing LEFT

I sat, with Koren, in the schoolroom with my new companions all diligently bending their heads to their books. I leaned back and put my feet up on the desk, cracked my knuckles. "Koren," I said as he looked up and 'ahemed' at me, getting ready to try and force me to my study. "What is the point?" He blinked at me through his spectacles. "Ahem. Spark of the Sun's Ray. Knowledge is – ahem

141 - Put out Your Arm

Graphic Warning: Explicit violenceI was deep, deep asleep next morning when my curtains were wrenched open and Second Amitzas Mahid seized my arm and dragged it out flat. "Put out your arm, Spark of the Sun's Ray." I blinked, reflexively tugging back but he had my wrist pinned down onto the mattress with one knee. What? What was going on? What had I done? What? With an efficient

140 - The Devils of emotion

Father must have finally done something because rejins began coming into the city to be re-deployed. I could see that they were not the full thousand, though perhaps one could not tell from the ground. They covered the same area but the centre blocks of units were thin. Father how could you do this to Arko? The Thirteenth Luminous Manifest had been originally deployed in the mountains

Author's Note - Current donation total

Current donation total: $325.00 Just to let everyone who donated know that I am keeping careful track, thank you all.Blessings of the New Year upon your houses!

139 - My friend, under false pretenses

It was as though everyone went mad that Jitzmitthra. I hadn't gone to my birthday dinner/breakfast on the day and I thought the food probably went to the servants. When Definas and I woke up on the third Diem 0, it was to see my whole household pour into my bedroom and set up for a casual breakfast. I peeked out of my bedcurtains, with the weight of the brocade draped over my head and neck

Author's Note

Hey guys,I've gotten behind on my phone bill so my phone and internet might be going down shortly. Just to let you know...If it does I will try to post through the library computer in town.

138 - No nightmares at all

I was terrified, shaking hard enough that my teeth chattered. He pulled me in close and put his arms around me. "Shh… shh, Minis… It's okay. This is the time where nothing is real. It's all right. Take a breath. I wore a nice perfume, you like it?" I sniffed, couldn't smell anything, then faintly I could smell fanilas and maybe roses. It wasn't heavy or overwhelming. I had to bury my

137 - Late Night Snack

I sat down the rest of the day and tried to figure out what I was going to do. I did not wish to obviously attack Father, like pull out a pin-dagger and stick it between two neck folds. There was one poison I could use that even Father would not taste… but the problem was I would also kill the food taster, half the court, some of the kitchen staff and myself. I burned all the notes I

136 - My true Second Threshold

"Birf'day cake! Get up, Min! Get up!" He wiggled and jumped on me, knocking the wind right out of me. I caught a glimpse of Kaita, lurking surreptitiously in the background, ostensibly not there, and I had to smile.She could not leave her charge alone though Jitzmitthra called for it, so she ended up tracking him through the Palace, out of sight, and 'just happening to be there' if he got