The Grass King’s Concubine (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Once they had been green; now a thin layer of dust had coated them olive. In the strong cold wind, they rattled and shook but did not give. They had been well made by someone. But whoever that someone was, it seemed they were no longer here. Jehan looked back over his shoulder, said, “I don’t think anyone’s around.” “But I wrote.” Aude’s thick felt scarf and big fur hat hid most of her face from him, but he knew that her brows drew down. He could hear it in her voice. She said, “I wrote twice. When we left the Brass City. And then again when we crossed the big lake. That was five months ago. More.” Letters went astray or were deliberately ignored. But he did not say it. Aude was still not accustomed to having her wishes ignored, and right now she was tired after their long ride across the plain. Five months and more had passed since they had fled the Brass City. Three months since she had turned up at his barracks, where he was confined after refusing to fire on an unarmed crowd.
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