The Glory Rites by Ann Linquist

Author:Ann Linquist [Linquist, Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-12-03T22:00:00+00:00

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Death, dreams, and dulled memory overlapped and masked her normal certainty of events. Opal vaguely remembered being carried to a tent and slipping into sleep. When she woke later, teased out of bloody dreams by laughter and boisterous chatter outside, her

her hand when she pushed it out of the way.

Hearty groups of male and female warriors sat around themselves with the fancy robes of Neoullian nobility or wore plumed or gold-trimmed hats on their heads. Some of the women had pulled frilly but dirt-streaked dresses up around their waists over their pants. Finely-worked tapestries were draped over shoulders or lay in the dirt holding piles of pillaged gold. Goblets, plates, and decorative shields littered the camp.

his arm had been bound and one of the camp physicians pressed a poultice into the wound at his side. He winced, laughed, and yawned. Kniva sat close by, supervising.

Three tall iron pikes stood crookedly in the ground between

Isaar, and Uchtan lolled on the ends of these pikes with shadows

Opal looked uphill to where the two remaining castle towers loomed over the ruins of the city. Smoke overlay the scene in a

what might have become of the tittering ladies of the court. Opal turned back toward the ring of Glini sitting by the

her countrymen. As traitors those men had deserved killing. She had wanted to kill them herself. When captured they had shown

with shame. Nausea dropped like a heavy stone through her middle. Opal grabbed a tent pole, leaned her head against it, and closed her eyes. Perhaps that was all her empire had ever been, a land of cowards and bullies. Perhaps the Glini victory was for the best.

A loud roar of approval made her look up. One of the warriors

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