Delilah: A Novel by Edghill India

Author:Edghill, India [Edghill, India]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780312338916
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

Delilah

That the barbarian Samson wished to claim a priestess for his wife could not be kept secret. The tasks he must undertake to win his prize were open for all to witness. But the name of the priestess Samson had chosen—that, the High Priestess kept close. She gathered all the priestesses—New Moons, Rising Moons, Full Moons, Dark Moons—and all the Temple servants, too—in the huge public courtyard, and there told us that she saw no reason to name the priestess until Samson fulfilled the Three Tasks. And as there was little chance he could succeed, Derceto did not wish to trouble anyone’s mind. Why fear a fate that might never come to pass?

But I knew; I remembered Aylah’s face as she looked down at Samson, and his as he looked up. That he desired Aylah did not surprise me; doubtless he had forgotten me the moment he set eyes upon her as she followed me in the Dance. But Aylah did not desire him, had turned to ice and stone under his gaze.

I vowed that he would never take Aylah from me. And I had no reason to think Samson could plow and sow and reap what he had been given. The day the High Priestess stood before the high altar and said in a clear cold voice that Samson had won his wager—and his priestess to wife—shock chained me; I could not seem to move, even to reach out to Aylah.

When Derceto ordered that Aylah and I come with her to the Court of Peace, only Aylah’s firm grasp upon my hand, tugging me to follow her, enabled me to obey the High Priestess’s order.

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