Nyx by Loren Walker

Author:Loren Walker [Walker, Loren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: family, flying ships, Urban, Fantasy, Science Fiction, phaira
ISBN: 9780997392289
Goodreads: 39664524
Publisher: Loren Walker
Published: 2018-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

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The windshield went dark and cold, and the engines quieted. It was so dark, Anandi couldn't see where they had landed. She forced herself to not squirm with nerves, even as Theron rose from the pilot's chair, unfolding to his great height and stretching his back.

He gestured at her. Warily, she stumbled to her feet, and waited.

She felt the brush of his hand on her wrists and heard a tiny click. The fasteners released and fell to the floor with a clang.

She rubbed her wrists and looked up at the giant man. He pulled his overcoat over his broad chest and buttoned it. "Come on," he repeated curtly, ducking under the doorframe, heading for the Arazura's exit hatch.

Outside, they emerged into a compound, so vast that it took Anandi by surprise. She flicked her gaze in all directions, searching for some kind of geographical marker. She looked up at the vast brick building, its crumbling exterior: red brick and stone, old windows, cracked glass, the whistling of wind through the roof. What was this place?

“Used to be a school for troubled youth,” she heard Theron say. “When it was condemned, Grandfather picked it up. Now it’s in my name. Thought it would be good to put the property to use.”

For a school, there was a startling amount of security measures built into the area, as Anandi discovered when she followed Theron, taking note of the guards patrolling the area, the endless number of men and woman that moved on rotation, checkpoints, metal detectors.

On entry, Theron handed her a thin half-circle of metal. “Put this on,” he instructed.

Anandi thought about arguing, but paused when she saw Theron put on his own loop, affixing it behind his ears, and under the long sheath of hair, so the silver glimmer was barely visible. Tentatively, she mimicked his movements, feeling its smoothness, the tiny impression in its center, where her fingertip hovered. She felt the tiniest click, and stiffened. But nothing happened.

Theron was looking down at her, a strange look of bemusement on his face. “It’s protection,” he told her. “You’ll need it from them.”

He gestured at a series of doors, three in total, with a slit of a window at the top.

From them?

Anandi looked through the first window on tip-toes.

She recognized the green braids immediately.

A toddler was asleep in CaLarca's arms, wrapped in a blanket, as she rocked back in forth in her kneeling position. She was staring at the wall. Anandi wondered if she should knock, or wave. Then a wave of shame went through her; what was she thinking?

Quickly, she glanced into the other two rooms. The middle cell held an older man with long hair, dark skin and heavy lines on his face. He was sitting cross-legged on his cot, playing with a bracelet of black stones on his wrist. The room on the far side held yet another man, younger, thinner, bearded, who paced the width of the small space, and caught Anandi’s eye when she looked in.

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