Lower Earth Rising Collection, Books 1-3: A Dystopian Contemporary Fantasy by Eden Wolfe

Author:Eden Wolfe [Wolfe, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9782492606052
Publisher: ESN Ink
Published: 2021-08-16T22:00:00+00:00

22

Leadon

"You want to go to the Strangelands? Why in Lower Earth would you want to go to the Strangelands?" Priyantha hadn't fully understood the implications of Maeva's words, even though Leadon had tried to explain.

"Did you sort out my transportation?"

"Yes, in secret as you asked. But the authorization, I haven't yet - "

"I have sufficient food for the entire trip?"

"Yes, but Leadon, why? The Sisters have a hate for us that goes back decades. From their very inception. What good can come from you going there? I hear they practice dark arts."

Leadon closed her eyes lightly. "Priyantha, sit."

Priyantha walked tentatively, visibly worried about whether she'd crossed some line.

"Don't worry, your question is natural. I just thought it would have been obvious to those who lived through Habana's time as Chief. Sit."

Priyantha sat.

"Maeva, like the Queens before her, was raised and trained in Gana - "

"Yes, I know this."

" - by Sahna."

"I know this too."

"Maeva left Gana while still a girl and she called Sahna to join her in the fortress as her mentor. You know that Sahna was banished from Gana after that? The well-known argument with Habana."

"Yes, but this is all history. I don't see what this has to do with today."

"Sahna established the Sisters amongst the self-isolating women who objected to Lower Earth's political structure. And then, she disappeared. Died, we can imagine."

Priyantha stood up. "What does the death of an excommunicated warrior priestess from twenty-odd years ago have to do with you going to the Strangelands today? You're not coming to the point, Leadon."

"The Queen's own words, 'The Sisters have been disproportionately affected'. The Sisters had some of Lower Earth's brightest among them. Those who couldn't dedicate their talents to this - the political structure. Everyone knows that the Sisters have many disillusioned Central Tower researchers. They've forged some of the strongest trading relationships and have agricultural abilities that match our own. Sahna brought our greatest knowledge there. So, if the Sisters are struggling, then there's something very amiss in Lower Earth. And I'm going to find out what it is. We have allies in the Sisters. They just don't know it yet."

Priyantha came closer to Leadon. "The Sisters have no sense of loyalty. They are individualists. That's why they went there in the first place. That's why Sahna was cast away. You must be careful about who you trust, Chief. Putting your faith in the Sisters is like trusting a bird not to fly away when its cage is finally open."

"Sahna was cast away because the fortress has an effect on one's sense of reality. I've seen it. All too intimately. Irene is no exception from its power to warp perception. What we know of the Sisters is only what we have been told of the Sisters. I will go and see for myself." Leadon looked off far, recognizing the limitations of her upbringing to prepare her for moments such as this. "There is much in Gana of which I am ignorant. It can't continue. I must know where Gana lies within its land.

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