The road from Al’Nyomas to Galix was long, parched and dusty. Normally Macazar visiting the capital of Algeuse on business rode horses, but Cetus and Scya, being outcasts, walked. They were not...
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No other way . . . the words resounded in Scya’s mind as she stood naked before the hall of the Macazar, torn between protecting her friend, who had saved her life once, and protecting her dign...
Cetus trailed the rest of the raiders all the way back to Al’Nyomas, through the desert. It was Solset when they arrived at the small stand of rocks and rested. The groups stayed together this ...
Scya began her task the very morning that Pitel left for Galix. On that first day, the men noticed nothing, but by the time Sol was set and the raiding party had left, every woman among the Macaz...
“Dahfta,” Gubal said in the mess, several weeks after Cetus had fought him and won in front of all the Macazar. Cetus looked up, confused. Several other men at their table chuckled. “It’s...
As Gubal began to take over Cetus’ training, Scya withdrew completely from their friendship. She missed her young friend, but she realized that she had done more harm than good in insisting tha...
Cetus stared down his blade at the older Macaz, poised before him in a challenge stance. Gubal’s strange, orange hair, usually bound back in a slick ponytail, was unleashed today. It formed a b...
An orbit came and went. Scya watched Cetus grow, first from a weak invalid into a strong you teenager, and then from a naïve kid into a hardened Macaz. He absorbed more and more of her time as h...
Cetus drifted between reality and dreams. Time had no meaning in his dreams; he lived out thousands of lives, each one tracing a slightly different arc. His mother was in each one. Some were love...
Scya barely noticed when Cetus toppled to the ground. She was too busy fighting for her own life. She had fought three guards before, and survived, but she’d been able to run that time. The all...