Petaybee #01: Powers 1- Powers That Be by Anne McCaffrey

Author:Anne McCaffrey [McCaffrey, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction, Epic, Fiction, General, Space Opera, Genetic engineering
ISBN: 9780345387790
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1993-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

“I was sent here to die, too, here where the snows live

The waters live, the animals and the trees live,

And you.”

As the last of that vowel drifted into nothingness, she bowed her head, tears streaming down her cheeks and falling into her hands. She couldn’t move and didn’t know what she was supposed to do next. Maybe Sean would liberate her.

Then a pair of work-roughened hands slid across hers, pressed gently, and withdrew only to be replaced by another set of hands. By the third pair she looked up, for their touch was like a benison, healing her grief, staunching her tears. She could even smile as yet another set of parents laid hands on hers to mutely offer their appreciation. Seeing the tears in their eyes—tears of an odd sort of sublimated sorrowing—hers began to ease, along with the constriction in her chest, the tight bands about her heart.

The little ceremony completed, Sean collected her and brought her wordlessly to Clodagh’s bowl, where the woman herself ladled a cup for her and solemnly inclined her head in a regal bow of approval as the cup was handed from Clodagh to Sean and then to Yana.

Then Sean put his arm about her shoulders and drew her to sit in a space that magically appeared on a bench against the wall. His shoulder touched hers, his hip and thigh brushed hers. She felt drained but exultant, no longer sad but infinitely relieved. She sipped the punch, keeping her head down, unwilling to make eye contact with anyone as she savored what was, as Sean had said, a healing.

The little susurrus of soft voices, expectant, made her look up to see Bunny leading Diego to the stage.

“This is Diego Metaxos,” Bunny said, arms above her head and turning around slowly to the audience just as Sean had done. “He must sing.”

Yana hoped that she had shown as much composure as Diego did. He sat down with more grace than she had, his hands splay-fingered on his knees.

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