The Emperor's Knife by Mazarkis Williams

Author:Mazarkis Williams [Williams, Mazarkis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781597803847
Amazon: 1597803847
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: 2011-12-05T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Mesema had heard nothing of Banreh. Perhaps he had already set off over the desert. Perhaps he sat in some other tent, scratching on his lambskin. Perhaps the emperor had killed him after all.

Sahree had not allowed her to get her own riding clothes from the trunk on top of the carriage. Instead she had, after much fussing, dressed her in thin silk pants and a long tunic. A wide blue scarf protected her head from the desert sun. “No padding?” Mesema asked Sahree, tapping her behind, but Sahree just shook her head and sighed.

She moved through the silk corridor once again, but this time it ended not with a tent flap but with open sand and a group of horses. Mesema’s heart lifted when she saw Tumble at last, waiting next to a tall steed; she hadn’t quite believed she would be allowed to ride. She clambered into the saddle with a yelp of joy and patted his mane. “You’re a good boy, you are, getting through all that heat and sand for me,” she said. From her elevated position she could see the entire camp: waggons were being loaded, tents struck, fires doused. Men in different colored uniforms—Arigu’s in white hats and the emperor’s in blue—hastened to their tasks. She didn’t see Banreh.

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