The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein

Author:Rosemary Kirstein
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bel, rowan, inner lands, outskirter, steerswoman, steerswomen, blackgrass, guidestar, outskirts, redgrass, slado
Publisher: Rosemary Kirstein

Sometime in the night, Rowan was awakened by the sounds of Kree's band returning to their beds. "What is that racket?" Kree demanded. Rowan became aware of the sound: a raucous, buzzing rattle. Chess was snoring.

"Dragon, by the sound of it," Fletcher said.

"It's Chess," Rowan informed them, or tried to: she discovered that her face was muffled in her blanket. She cleared it and repeated the statement. It came out slurred, which annoyed her.

"If that's Chess," Averryl said, "where's Bel?" Rowan heard him undress and climb into his bedroll on Chess's far side.

She attempted to control her speech more precisely. "She's sleeping in Chess's tent. Because Chess is sleeping here tonight."

"No Bel?" someone asked, seeming amused by the concept. Four voices from various parts of the tent commented simultaneously: two "Ah"s, one "Oho," and one half-audible "Ha."

Rowan intended to ask what was meant by the comments, but fell asleep before the words reached her mouth.

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