Eden at the Edge of Midnight by John Kerry

Author:John Kerry [Kerry, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EATEOM Publishing Ltd
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

–TWENTY-EIGHT–

RELATIONS

Sammy tried to keep her mind blank by not thinking of anything, but it was impossible. Trying not to think of anything typically results in you thinking about the thing you didn’t want to think about in the first place. As she came to the conclusion that she needed to think of something else, in order to replace the something she didn’t want to think about, she turned a corner and was dazzled by the galaxy of lamp post lanterns surrounding the palace.

She stopped and rubbed her puffy eyes.

“What’s up?” Mehrak asked.

“This is the palace,” Sammy said.

“Yeah. The infirmary’s on the other side.”

“Does Hami know about Borzin yet?”

“I don’t know. He’ll find out soon enough though, won’t he?”

“But until then we’re free. Unguarded.”

“I suppose. But the lift site’s manned, so we can’t leave, which means we can’t get to Louis.”

“We’re not going to leave or see Louis. We’re going to the market.”

“Why the market?”

“I need to see that old woman. The one Hami strangled.”

“Why?”

“She’s Esther. The old woman that gave me the bracelet to look after.”

“What? Why didn’t you tell me? Are you serious?”

“Of course I’m serious. I couldn’t tell you before because Hami was with us, then there was Leiss and … There just wasn’t a good time, okay?”

“We could’ve gone to the market instead of going to Bertie’s.”

“We couldn’t. Leiss said it was off limits. That’s why Hami sent them with us. He knows about her, somehow. You should’ve seen the way he grabbed her. You missed most of it. He was like my dad when …” She stopped. “Actually, never mind.”

Mehrak frowned. “I know you were impressed when Hami defeated that manticore, but using violence …”

“Can you save the lecture.”

Mehrak blew out a long breath. “Okay. We’d better get going. We won’t have much time before Hami figures out we’ve gone.”

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