The Silence Within (The Young Ancients: Tiera) by Power P.S

Author:Power, P.S. [Power, P.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2013-07-05T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter eight

Very properly, with great confidence, and all the courage that a tiny girl in a white dress could muster, Taman explained herself.

"I've decided to move from home. Mother and I have been fighting, and I think it's for the best." It sounded completely reasonable when she said it too. Except for the being five part. That was a bit of a sticking point, to be sure.

Tiera nearly just told her to go home. She'd gotten there after all, and it wasn't going to work. Their mother would rip the land apart trying to find her if she wasn't there by dinner time. True, she might be the Gray Ancient, in mind as well as body, but even if that was the case, no one had ever claimed that Gray didn't love her daughters. Still, it would set a bad example for the others if it were known she tried to escape.

"Why have you two been fighting?" That would be the key, wouldn't it? If it were something reasonable, like insisting the little girl bathe and brush her teeth, then it would be simple enough to fix, with a bit of coaxing and perhaps a few well placed swats. She wasn't a bad girl at all, so it seemed strange that she'd actually be fighting with anyone. In fact Tiera had to wonder if their mother even knew they were in particular conflict at all.

Taman didn't speak at all for nearly half a minute, and when she did it was a whispered thing that a normal person wouldn't have heard, not without moving closer.

"She said I was too young to be building things, and that I wasn't allowed to anymore. I know that she didn't mean I wasn't good enough. It's that she thinks I'll hurt someone with what I make. Only, I'm really careful and she's just bossing me because she's bigger. I think she hates me." The whole speech came with pouting and a single tear that decorated her left cheek. It was artful and meant to pull at the strings of any adult's heart. Tiera used to use the same tricks.

"I think I see. Well, you can't move in with Tor, and are a bit too young to help run a bakery full time yet. What do you plan to do?"

She had a plan, that was clear.

"I'll build things, and make copies. Then get a place to live. I just need someplace for a little while, while I get the rest together." It sounded cute when she said it, like it would really work. The problem there was that it might. It wouldn't matter if she was five or six years old, as long as the work was good enough. There was even a market for things that might not be as good, as long as they were cheaper.

That would make it a lot harder to get her to go home than not.

"Well, you should get in touch with mother and father at least, and let everyone know where you are.

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