Sons of Destiny 4 - The Song by Jean Johnson

Author:Jean Johnson [Johnson, Jean]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-01-19T00:27:55+00:00

TWELVE

Wait,” Mariel interjected quickly, straightening from her toe-touching exercises. The other three women

paused as well, though it was Alys the Healer addressed. “I’m confused.You say that you’re related to

this ‘Uncle Broger’ person, and yet theboys have said the exact same thing—doesn’t that make your

marriage to Wolfer a bit…you know…?”

Alys blushed, Serina quirked one of her pale brows, and Kelly laughed. None of them objected to

Mariel calling their husbands and siblings-in-law “the boys”; this was a women-only moment, after all.

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The redhead lifted her chin at Alys, grinning. “Youexplain that one. While we finish our stretches, ladies?

Stretched muscles are limber muscles.”

Balancing her bare feet on the felt-padded floor, arms stretching over her head before windmilling

around her body, Alys rolled her eyes and explained as shortly as she could. “Wolfer’s mother was

named Annia. Annia had a sister, Sylvia. Sylvia married Broger. Broger had two brothers, Donnock and

Tangor. Tangor was my father…so we’re related by marriage only, through my Uncle Broger and their

late Aunt Sylvia. Well…I suppose Uncle Broger’s son, Barol, technically links us by blood,” she added

thoughtfully, “but we’re not relateddirectly . It’s not as if my father married their Aunt Sylvia. He married

my mother, Glyssa, who isn’t related to any of them.”

“Right…and you said that your Uncle Broger took over the County after the boys were exiled?” Mariel

asked next, leaning over as far as she could sideways to stretch out her rib muscles.

“First, Lord Daron of Corvis took it over. He was Saveno’s younger brother, and in the direct line of

succession, what with the boys exiled all the way out here,” Kelly explained for Alys, who was a little red

in the face from leaning over so far. “But then Broger had him secretly killed off, so that he, as the next

most powerful mage, could take over the governance of the family County. Since it was only a pro tem

position while the brothers were in exile, he didn’t have to be directly related by blood.”

“In fact, technically my uncle was holding it on his son’s behalf, since Barol is the one who’s related by

blood,” Alys continued, straightening and lifting one foot, doubling back her leg so she could stretch out

her thigh muscles. She wobbled a little, catching Mariel’s shoulder for balance. “His plan was to steal not

only my own powers if and when he killed me, but to steal the boys’ powers, murdering them to send

those magics into his son, and then kill his own son to transfer those energies to himself, to become the

most powerful mage in Katan, and thus become our next king.”

“Sounds like a true bastard-by-nature,” Serina grunted, having bent over one foot again. She swung her

body so that she leaned over her other foot. That made her long, platinum-pale braid slide across the

layers of felt serving as a cushioning pad underfoot. “I’m glad he was swallowed into a Netherhell. I

don’t really get along with my mother or my sister, but I’d never try to kill either of them—even at my

most annoyed!”

“I’m glad he’s dead, too,” Mariel agreed.

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