Winter of Ice and Iron by Rachel Neumeier

Author:Rachel Neumeier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saga Press

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The shocking events that had forced the Wolf Duke into open rebellion against the King of Pohorir also left Kehera struggling to find a proper response. Should she submit to the duke’s plan? Or should she make one last effort to break away, to get back to Harivir, to Raëh, to her father? What could she actually do, if she were at home? She had renounced the heir’s tie; that was gone.

But she still held a thinner tie to Raëhemaiëth. And Raëhemaiëth had clearly allied somehow with the Eänetén Power, foreign though the two Immanences must be to each other. Perhaps the Eänetén duke was right to want her here.

The tomb of all my fear. She wondered whether he believed that. Whether he truly believed that her Raëhema blood and her tie to Raëhemaiëth would be enough to let him resist the Pohorin king and the terrible Power of Irekay. Whether he truly thought that Raëhemaiëth would support him in that effort, even if that involved breaking the bond between Coär and Raëh and establishing a new bond to Eäneté in its place.

She thought perhaps he was right about that. If he was, it might be her fault. Or to her credit. One or the other. She had carried Raëhemaiëth into Emmer. Through her, it had seen exactly what had happened in Suriytè . . . seen it as Immanent Powers saw, which was not as human people saw, but even what she had seen had been so frightening. Now she thought Raëhemaiëth had been even more frightened than she. Not that fear was exactly what it had felt, probably.

Powers did not feel or think as human people did. If Immanent Powers formed intentions or took actions, it wasn’t the way human people did such things. But that Raëhemaiëth preferred the Immanent of Eäneté to the Great Immanent of Irekay . . . that much, she couldn’t doubt. She agreed, vehemently. Maybe Raëhemaiëth had decided that allying itself with Eänetaìsarè was the key to protecting itself and its land and all its creatures from the Pohorin king. She could almost believe Raëhemaiëth had meant all along for her to be here. It seemed incredible. But it did not seem impossible.

The Wolf Duke believed he might be able to carve out a new kingdom, make himself a king. He thought he was that strong. Or he thought he could make himself that strong if he could take part of Harivir, break it away from Raëh and bind it to Eäneté.

She wished she might tell Tiro everything that had happened. Here she was, with her thin tie to Raëhemaiëth not quite so thin as it was supposed to be, and she was becoming more and more certain her presence in Eäneté reflected Raëhemaiëth’s maneuvering. Maybe—it seemed likely now—the maneuvering of the Fortunate Gods as well. As the Unfortunate Gods presumably influenced the decisions and actions of the Pohorin king. The idea that events in the world had become so important that the Gods were moved to touch the world .

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