The three matrons of the Sky Made were dead. Peyana Winged Serpent and Ieyoue Water Strider perished in the Stillness fires, and Esa Carrion Crow was deposed in a coup that rocked her clan in the following days. The deaths in the fires were indeed a tragedy, but the coup was something else, something that portended a change to the fabric of the city. Chela Carrion Crow, a man, was matron now. He had returned from the Crow’s mission west with news of Okoa’s death and the decimation of the secret forces that had tried to attack Tova from the rear. Chela’s bravery had won him many followers, and
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