Divided Fire by Jennifer San Filippo

Author:Jennifer San Filippo [Filippo, Jennifer San]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780358330844
Publisher: HMH Books
Published: 2020-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

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The rest of the day wore on in relative silence, the road rising and falling and curving around hills. With farms and towns becoming more numerous, Liviya decided to take the risk of sleeping in a barn on the edge of a cornfield.

“I’d rather have to explain myself to one farmer than be spotted by every farmer around,” Liviya said. No one argued.

Just east of their position, the land dipped into a shallow valley, where lights from a town flickered sleepily. They were miles away from the coast, but the land continued at a steady enough slope that they could see the faint shimmer of water as the waning moon began to rise.

After a meal of more cured sausage and cheese, Miren stood by the entrance of the barn, and Davri came to stand beside her. “What town do you suppose that is?” she asked.

He shrugged. In the dim light of the lantern they had purchased, he exaggerated his signs so she could see them. Are we in the Third Circle?

“I don’t know. Does it look like the Third Circle?”

He raised an eyebrow. What should it look like?

“I don’t know. I assumed it would be drastically different, like Isakio is from Crescent Bay.”

“That town is Madafim,” Liviya said from her seat on a bale of hay. “We passed the boundary into the Third Circle a few hours ago.”

Miren felt a jolt of surprise. Madafim was near one of the estates that Davri had labeled on the map: Lord Eitan’s. His relative—brother, she thought—was a name on Liviya’s list, a naval fleet commander or captain. She took measure of where they were and could see in her memory where the estate was in comparison. It wasn’t far.

Miren’s pulse quickened, but what could she do? Break into Lord Eitan’s estate? A Third Circle lord, no less. What were the odds that Kesia was with his brother’s fleet? Or that Miren could find out anything about her sister’s whereabouts by breaking into his estate?

The chances were slim—certainly too slim given the risk.

But still.

It was possible.

Was that enough of a reason?

Miren was only half-aware of the others as they made themselves comfortable in the hay. She thought Davri was staring at her, but she avoided his gaze as she lay down, her mind buzzing.

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