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that Zapunyo was half-Kekonese.
“It’s obvious you’re still dreaming of one-clan rule in Kekon, which means that truce or no truce, you’re going to have to kill me eventually.”
“An accomplishment that was surely worth getting yourself and everyone in No Peak banned for life from the Uwiwa Islands,” Shae said drily.
“Woon-jen is the Weather Man’s Shadow,” she said stiffly.
“Our relationship is entirely professional.” Hilo chuckled and the Maiks hid smiles. “I’m sure it is for you,” he agreed. “Ah, Shae, how can you be so smart in some ways, and so dense in others?
Lol.
He could tell that his wide, teasing grin was starting to embarrass and infuriate her, and it improved his mood considerably—not because he wanted to get into a fight, but because it made him feel oddly nostalgic for their many childhood battles.
But so long as Ayt Mada rules the Mountain, you will never be safe.”
His widow might’ve found it in herself to feel some more sadness if he hadn’t been assassinated naked in his mistress’s apartment—insulting to her even in death. She returned to her parents, dropped her married name, and raised her then four-year-old son under her family name: Koben.
Koben Atosho, born Ayt Ato, was Ayt Mada’s only nephew.
“It’s too painful for me, Shae-jen,” he confessed. “You’re Lan-jen’s sister, and the Weather Man, so I would never cross either of those lines; but we spend so much time together, I can’t help how I feel.”
When Niko was fussy, clingy, and confused, when he began to follow her and tearfully hug her legs, she loved him all the more, wanted to comfort and protect him.
Awwww!!! 😭😭
When questioned by the press about Shae’s past, Hilo answered that the outrage ought to be focused instead on the more serious past misdeeds of clan leaders who were known for killing their own relatives.
Lol..
“Shae-jen,” Woon said, his voice unsteady, “I understand why you acted as you did, but at the time, I thought
I was about to lose you as well. If that had happened, I think I would’ve gone to the Pillar and begged for death.”
“Even if what you’re selling to Kromner isn’t high quality, it’ll still make the Crews stronger and more dangerous. It’s not a solution.” “It’ll focus their attention elsewhere for quite a while,” Hilo said. “It’ll buy you time,
“He was my eldest brother’s best friend.” And mine. “He deserves it.”
Ru could not attend the Academy, he could not be a Green Bone like his father and his uncles, he could not hold any significant rank in No Peak. He would be like his mother, ignored and dismissed, fighting the stigma of bad luck his entire life, only he was a boy so it would be even worse for him, because men needed to command to be respected, and who would follow a stone-eye?
Niko was the child she couldn’t bear herself; he was the true first son of No Peak.
