House of Rage and Sorrow by Sangu Mandanna

Author:Sangu Mandanna
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781510733824
Publisher: Sky Pony
Published: 2019-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

I go back to the war room. It’s quiet inside, as if neither Sybilla nor Radha have said a word since I left. As soon as I walk in, tears flood Radha’s eyes and slip down her face. “If I could take it back, I would,” she says to me.

I want to be angry, but how can I? I assassinated a man in cold blood and I’m not sorry. She stabbed a man with a poisoned knitting needle and she already wishes she hadn’t. What right have I to be angry?

So all I say is, “The next time you lie to me, you go home. Are we clear?”

“I hated lying to you,” she says. She lets out a sob. “I’m so sorry. I wanted my father to see me, but he never did. He just saw a means to an end.”

“Your father is the reincarnation of Ek Lavya, so her hurt became his hurt. He’s in pain. It’s not an excuse, but it is what it is.”

Sybilla raises a hand to stop me. “Now hold on just one second,” she says. “King Darshan is Ek Lavya? The Ek Lavya?”

“And Rickard was the teacher from the stories,” I say.

“I need to sit down,” Sybilla says. “This is too much for one day. Do you know I have gray hairs? Gray hairs! I’m eighteen. And it’s because of nonsense like this.”

“Esmae.” Radha wipes her tears away. “I meant what I said when I told you I wanted to help you defeat Alexi. And I still want to help you in any way I can. So what happens next?”

I keep thinking about my dream, the one with Rama and Warlords. It really happened, that game. He really did say he’d ask his father to adopt me. What came later in the dream never happened, of course, but that’s what I keep coming back to. I keep thinking about the moment Alex appeared where Rama had been and said if you want him back, you know where to find me.

It’s too late for Rama, and it’s too late for Rickard, but maybe it’s not too late for Max.

“I need to go talk to my brother,” I say.

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