The Namura Stone by Andrews Gillian

Author:Andrews, Gillian [Andrews, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-09-11T05:00:00+00:00

They trudged on, their heads clouded by such thoughts, their eyes skimming the landmarks along the way with little interest.

Only Tallen and Bennel were completely alert. Neither of them had forgotten their jobs, and neither of them would let their feelings change their priorities.

Bennel was reliving the scenes on Dessia, wondering if he had been somehow to blame for Valhai Diva’s death, wondering how he could have changed the final outcome, but his eyes scanned all directions just in case.

Tallen, who had already been in mourning for Petra, was surprised to find that emotional pain did not have a ceiling. There was, it seemed, always room for more. He had disliked Diva heartily on first meeting her, but had come to admire her spirit, her tenaciousness, and her attempts to change Coriolis despite being one of the dreaded meritocrats herself. Without diminishing the hole in his heart which Petra had left, she caused wrenches of sadness of her own. He glared around him, hating the world more than ever.

They were several miles along the track when Grace came forward to speak to Bennel. She gave Tallen a look, and he nodded, picking up his pace so that he was a good twenty metres in front, out of earshot. Grace had plucked Raven out of Ledin’s arms and was brushing the little girl’s hair out of her eyes with one hand.

“Bennel,” she began, “Six will need somebody to look after Raven – look after the house by the Emerald Lake now, and I don’t think it is the right time to bring strangers into his life. I … err … I was wondering whether you might be prepared to stay with him?”

Bennel stiffened. “Naturally I shall stay with Valhai Six. Where else would I go?”

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