The Outworlder by Natalie J. Holden

Author:Natalie J. Holden [Holden, Natalie J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2021-05-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The skydome barely resisted. Amma La watched as her father’s body disappeared Outside, disintegrating into the same pre-matter everything came from.

Long ago she witnessed Chaarite colonists performing funerary rites. Dancing and wailing as they carried the garishly dressed corpse through the town in a sedan chair decorated with paper flowers. Dahlsi were too practical for such things, and yet she wished there was something else for her to do. Her father deserved better.

But she didn’t know what she could do.

She tried to recall the last time they spoke. Really spoke—without arguing, screaming, or blaming each other. It was merely a few cycles ago, but it felt like an eternity. Since then… Nothing passed between them but bitter words and reproach. And the heavy silence that fell when the words ran out.

What had happened to them?

Moments passed. Her eyes were fixed on the dome as she searched her mind for answers, and while she didn’t find them, there was something. The moment where it all started. The person at the center of their strife.

Amma La clenched her fists and turned back.

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