Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M. Lee

Author:Lori M. Lee [Lee, Lori M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781477847206
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2014-08-03T16:00:00+00:00

G-10’s words stayed with me after he left me at the bottom of the stairs.

All things wither with Time.

It was kind of depressing, and I didn’t know what to make of it or what it meant about Irra’s decision to help us. I wished I could be certain of his intentions instead of relying on faith.

Either way, I didn’t want anything to do with Irra’s revolution. I would prove my determination to him, but once I saved Reev, my only concern would be how to keep him safe.

I made my way through a dim corridor, smiling politely at a hollow who passed. I’d memorized the paths around the mess hall and the dorms. Apparently, once the new additions to the fortress settled in, they stopped changing.

As expected, I found Avan in the courtyard.

“So what did Irra want?” I asked, dropping onto the grass beside him.

“Where’d you go?”

I noted his avoidance of my question, but I gave in for now. He would tell me eventually. I hoped.

When I told him about the nest, he wanted to see it for himself. He’d have to find G-10 to guide him, because there was no way I was climbing those stairs again. He agreed to wait until tomorrow to see the gargoyles, and we spent another couple of hours watching the stars in silence.

I could stare at them forever. They didn’t hurt my eyes the way looking at the Sun did. The school library held numerous books on stars and constellations, which meant people had once been free to study them. Now, nothing could penetrate the ever-present clouds except a special device that my school instructor had called a telescope. It was located in the White Court in what was called an observatory. I’d seen its dome during my routes through the barracks, but it was on palace grounds. I wondered if Ninu opened it for public use.

As my eyelids grew heavy, Avan nudged my shoulder. I rolled onto my side, toward the sound of his voice.

“Irra’s making us new IDs at the end of the week,” he said.

I nodded drowsily. “If he doesn’t call everything off.”

I told him about Irra’s warning.

“You’ll do great,” Avan said without a hint of doubt. “You’re a fast learner.”

I appreciated his words even if I didn’t fully believe them.

“Are you okay with getting a new ID?” I asked. Honestly, I wasn’t sure myself. My ID wasn’t just a proof of citizenship, it was proof that I—me, Kai Adahnu, not some fake identity—belonged somewhere. Of course, a scrap of metal and my name in a registry didn’t represent all of me, but my ID had always been with me. It was the only thing I had from my life before Reev, my only link to my past.

“He gave me the choice of returning home to my family.”

My mind went from sluggish to fully alert. I pushed up onto my elbow so I could see Avan’s face. As usual, it was maddeningly blank.

“I still have to get a new ID, but it wouldn’t belong to a cadet, just someone from the Alley.

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