Daughters of Jared by Heather B. Moore

Author:Heather B. Moore [Moore, H. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: book of mormon, historical fiction
Publisher: Mirror Press, LLC
Published: 2016-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

I DIDN’T KNOW IF I loved Levi. I didn’t know if he loved me. Marriage between a man and woman wasn’t necessarily based on love. That I knew well.

My sister and Akish were fighting again. Only one day after my birthday and I had turned down a marriage proposal then landed myself in the middle of Akish and Ash.

I was to blame, certainly, but could I truly be blamed? “Was I right to turn him down?” I asked Ash, hours after Levi had left the palace, angry and probably never to return again. I’d told her about his proposal but not about his demands that I give up worshipping my family’s idols.

“He’d take you from the palace and from me, Naiva.” Her face was pale, likely from celebrating most of the night. “You don’t want to be a soldier’s wife.” She waved her hand about her luxurious chamber. “You’d have to give up all this.”

She rose from the cushions by the window, her movements fluid and graceful. She crossed to me, where I had been pacing and ranting. Her slim hands took mine and held on firmly. “I couldn’t bear it. Who would I have if you left?”

Akish, I wanted to say but didn’t. Looking into her luminous eyes, I knew I wanted to be that person for her. I ignored the tugging in my heart, the way my pulse had hammered when Levi had stood so close to me. His words were empty to me now. I wasn’t going to live in a hut in a dirt field and be told which god to worship.

I was going to live in a palace with my family . . . and be told which god to worship.

Ash’s grip tightened as the color drained from her face. “Oh no!” she cried before she fainted.

I screamed for help, but it seemed like hours before anyone came.

When Sara rushed into the room, we carried Ash to the bed. But by the time we had laid her on the bed, a dark red stain had spread below her waist. My sister had lost another child.

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