Across the Dark Water by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Author:Jennifer Lynn Alvarez [Alvarez, Jennifer Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780062415417
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

stung, bitten, and even sucked into a carnivorous plant. He’d survived it all while living in terror that one night his brother would not come home.

Darthan had tried to help them, but Brauk had stolen from him, and their uncle had cut ties with Brauk for years. Not for stealing, lying, and destroying his property, but because he said that Brauk had to run himself out. He insisted that the less he helped Brauk, the quicker this would happen.

And Darthan had been correct about that. One day Brauk just quit it all. But by then their inheritance was almost gone. They had just enough money left to purchase Kol. And the way Brauk had thrown himself into that stallion—Rahkki believed with all his heart that his love for the chestnut Flier had saved Brauk’s life.

Tuni loosened her reins and urged Rizah into the sky. “All right then, I’ll see you at dinner.” She and Rizah surged toward the clouds.

“Take Sula to the round pen and work on her gaits,” Brauk said to Rahkki. “I have drills to run on Kol, but if Sula’s not ready in fifteen days, there’ll be nothing we can do to save her.”

Except to set her free, thought Rahkki, and his heart tumbled. How he’d love to see her loose and flying, but how he’d mourn to lose her. Since he’d begun training her, he’d become attached. Yes, she was sour and stubborn, but he didn’t blame her for that. She wanted to be wild again—he was sure of it—and she had friends waiting for her. The Sky Guard had spotted Sula’s herd several times, circling overhead, higher than the Riders could fly. They were watching and waiting.

If he were still a prince, he could command her release, or buy her and set her free. But as an orphan he had no coin, no power. Rahkki imagined collecting his wages from Uncle, ten dramals for a full season of labor, a fair wage for an apprentice; but even if Sula sold for a tenth of her value, ten dramals would not be enough to bid on her.

He kicked the ground, frustrated. Sula would sell to a Rider from another clan, and Firo would be purchased by an ignorant gem trader or given to a spoiled child. Or worse, Sula wouldn’t cooperate, and the queen would feed her to Granak, the dragon.

As Rahkki led her toward the round pen, Sula inspected her surroundings. She was already plotting her escape, he was sure of it. And since Rahkki couldn’t buy her, maybe he could help free her. He blanched at the thought. The punishment for destroying or losing clan property was tyran—stinging of the ants—and repayment

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