The Fires of Vengeance (The Burning, #2)

by Evan Winter

But Tau knew who decided what needed to be measured, and they’d chosen things in which they already had an advantage. They said, “This matters more than that,” making it seem as if their edicts sprang from natural law when they were little more than self-serving choices. They wrote the rules in their favor, succeeded more often than others, and pointed to that as proof of their superiority. It was all a lie.

The way she was looking at him made Tau worry he’d overstepped, but he was weary of making himself less than he was so that those cloaked in power might be comfortable.

Hanging back, the big man stared at it. “How?” he asked. “How?” Tau asked. “How can I be worthy?” “Uduak, you’ve always been worthy,”

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