Revel by Maurissa Guibord

Author:Maurissa Guibord [Guibord, Maurissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780375987342
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

“This isn’t good,” said Gran. She paced in long strides across her porch, the boards creaking beneath her while I sat on a wicker chair.

I’d just finished telling her about my encounter with Jax and Mikos and then with the other First Ones in the sea caves.

“Having the First Ones take an interest in you is dangerous enough.” Gran rubbed the scar on her neck in a nervous, repetitive motion. “Offending them is worse. I should’ve told you not to interfere with that Glaukos on the beach. There was nothing you could do to help the poor creature. And you might have been killed. Whatever possessed you?”

“I just couldn’t stand seeing it suffer like that.” I pulled my knees up and curled myself deeper into the sagging embrace of the chair. “Or hearing those cries. It was horrible.”

Gran looked at me with warmth and sympathy in her eyes. “I know,” she said. “You’ve got a good heart, bless you, child. But you’re impulsive, just like your mother. Be careful taking things into your own hands like that. The tide can turn on you awful fast.”

“If something is wrong,” I argued, “Mom raised me to do something about it. Not sit by and be quiet.”

Gran sighed and leaned against the corner post of the porch. “Sometimes it’s not so clear what’s right and wrong. You mustn’t be too quick to judge.”

There were some things that my grandmother and I might never agree on. Maybe the fact that I wasn’t raised here would prevent me from ever really understanding the way of life on Trespass. I changed the subject.

“Tell me what the First Ones meant about Revel, Gran. What is this tribute I’m supposed to pay?”

Gran stopped her movements and became very quiet. “I’d hoped that you wouldn’t be involved with that. At least, not this year.” She passed a weary hand over her eyes. “Let me think on it a bit, Delia. I’m awfully tired. We’ll talk about it later.”

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