Beneath the Burning Wave by Jennifer Hayashi Danns

Author:Jennifer Hayashi Danns [Danns, Jennifer Hayashi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008491192
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Chapter Eighteen

Kairi

Takanori pushes two terrified unnameds onto my beach. Takanori has been visiting me here every rise since the sacrifice. At first, I resisted mem. But only at first.

“I don’t need you anymore,” I said, all those sunrises ago.

“You need me more than ever, May. Don’t you see this is exactly what was destined to happen. You are a treasure, May, my treasure.” Takanori smiled.

“This is my island,” I said.

“Not yet.”

“This part is.” My volcano belched a plume of black smoke.

“But what next? Are you going to spend the rest of your days over here with your little pet?” Takanori sneered.

“Kentaro is not my pet!”

“Okay, okay, but really, May, you are so much more. You were born to lead, but you can’t lead without any followers.” Takanori gestured to the lonely landscape.

“What are you saying?”

“I think you should at least have your pack join you, don’t you?”

Shun and Ikki were the first to appear from the forest. They told tales of how the Maymuans were in awe of the volcano but Takanori had declared it a gift from Mu. Our absence had been dismissed as exile for disrupting the sacrifice.

Tetsu came next with further news of secret whispers amongst the Maymuans, particularly the hunters. “Kairi created the volcano and mu lives inside it!” they said.

Aito scuttled over last. Mu only wanted to talk about cockroach Kaori and how mu had not fulfilled mir island hunting duty.

After Aito arrived, Takanori kept bringing me other useful things, like my weapons, and tools to hack the trees and shred vine for building huts.

Each gift was delivered with a drop of poison. “The bellies of those bright-blue frogs in the forest pond could have a devastating effect on a reluctant Maymuan. Shame there is no way to effectively deliver a targeted dose of their venom…” Takanori muttered, with a pointed glance at my quiver of arrows.

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