Wind Over Bone by E. D. Ebeling

Author:E. D. Ebeling [Ebeling, E. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hyppolita Press
Published: 2014-10-15T19:00:00+00:00

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Three days later at the tilting-at-the-ring competition Shasi was just as nervous, dancing beneath Leva, eager to run. The day was cloudy and dry, and a crowd sat in the stands on either side of the course, which was scuffed with prints and still hazy with dust from the earlier races. Leva had beaten out twenty other contestants, and now she was set to run the middle lane in the last. In the lane next to her Rischa sat a big bay courser lent to him by Pash.

Sarid wasn’t surprised. He had good horsemanship and an agile body––helpful in catching rings on the point of a lance while cantering by on a horse.

“Swiveling hips, smoldering eyes. Moves like a Virnrayan courtesan,” said Vanli in the row above her. She caught a tendril of wind and yanked his hat off.

She wasn’t in a good mood. She’d overheard her sister promise Rischa a kiss if he won.

“I’m not going to win,” he said. “Leva beats me. Every summer I’m here she beats me.”

“It’s not right,” said Yelse teasingly, “that a lady should outdo her lord again and again. You’ll win this year. It’s time she learned her place.”

“Gods forbid. It’d be a very dull competition.”

“But I know you. You’re indulging her, letting her win. She’s only a maid and you like to see her happy.”

Rischa laughed. “If she thought I was letting her win she’d beat me with her horsewhip. Believe me, she wins by her own merit.”

“She wins because she drives her horse so hard. The poor beast. Does no one think of the horses?”

He squeezed her arm. “I’ll ride Lua so gently he’ll think I’m a voice in his head.”

Sarid pulled an ant from the balustrade and decapitated it.

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