The Days Of The Golden Moons (The Two Moons Of Rehnor, Book 5) - Plot & Excerpts
I could tell she did not like the ritual, but she complied. I didn’t blame her. The water was cold, and it rained the entire time. She had new scars on her body and age had taken a toll but still she was an attractive woman. I, who was only a dozen years more than her, wished my figure was still so slim. Afterward, we dressed her in a gown and cloak and whilst we set around the fire to warm her, she let the young girls paint her toes and finger nails and put beads in her hair. We drank our fine Karupatani wine and ate tarts of cheese and fruit in pastry. Our women asked her questions as if this woman who had abandoned her son and been hiding from her husband for ten years should know best how they should raise their children and satisfy their own husbands. I drank my wine and spat at their foolishness. “Enough,” I declared when the rain had finally ceased, and the afternoon sun began to warm the valley into a steaming mist. “The men have gone for worship as sundown is approaching and we must go quickly to the village to prepare the banquet.”
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