The Sacrifice (Erafeen Book 5)

by David F. Farris

The boy stopped on the other side of the road. Now that she knew what he was, she no longer saw a weak child with delusions of splendor to become a Jestivan … She saw a strong young man hidden beneath the frayed clothes. His arms and legs were toned, his jaw well defined for his age. His freckles seemed like an erroneous mistake of his genetics when plastered against such angled cheekbones. He had also sprouted several inches since she’d last seen him. His gaze fell on her, and there was nothing pleasant about it. No longer did he possess that naïve disposition of an innocuous child. He didn’t look at her as if she were a long-lost friend or acquaintance. He bore daggers into her soul, looking every bit like the fabled sky-skimmer he was. “He really liked Jilly and what the Jestivan represented,” Kolver whispered, leaning closer to Yama. She swallowed a wad of spit. “If there was anyone you shouldn’t have made an enemy out of, it was Simon Skimentis … the only remaining heir to the race of Sky-Skimmers.”

Simon.(old) The heir is not Yama.(new)