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The Wind is High – Chapter 57
<- Chapter 56 “We have decided to take you up on your offer, we’ll get a room,” Lissie said. Riley had her sword drawn. The boy that had led them here was standing in the entryway to the street. He bounded over to Lissie, the point of his cut feather bobbing. “Really? Let me get
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The Wind is High – Chapter 56
<- Chapter 55 Chapter 57 -> A woman as old as Lissie’s mother greeted them with a huge smile and no top. Lissie did not look down. She kept her eyes serious, and above shoulder level. However, the woman was much taller than Lissie, so her face was pointed toward the ceiling. Which was dirty.
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The Wind is High – Chapter 55
<- Chapter 54 Chapter 56 -> The alleyway was long, and turned. The doors along it were boarded over. Lissie saw a sign that said ‘Bodies through other entrance’. The horses were single file, led by Alexander’s black and white Monsieur d’Cirque. Lissie had Peach following Anvil, and Riley was behind her. Lissie did
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The Wind is High – Chapter 54
<- Chapter 53 Chapter 55 -> “Who are you so worried about attacking everywhere we go?” Lissie hoped she didn’t sound as irritable as she felt. Peach’s hooves echoed along with the others on the stone walkway. Riley looked at her with an open mouth, “I am not worried about anything. This fortress was built
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The Wind is High – Chapter 53
<- Chapter 52 Chapter 54 -> Lissie sat in her tent, a candle cupped in her open palm. The flame swayed and flickered. She tried to move with it, move up and out of herself. She tried. Riley’s voice broke her reverie. “Do you need anything? Cora and I cooked! It’s mostly cooked.” Lissie blew
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The Wind is High – Chapter 52
<- Chapter 51 Chapter 53 -> Lissie had barely poked her head under the swords when Riley grabbed her and asked, “You passed, right?” “No. It wasn’t a test. I did not ride the Wind, though.” Lissie could not look her friend in the eyes. All she could see was the fire’s flare. Cora pulled
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The Wind is High – Chapter 51
<- Chapter 50 Chapter 52 -> “Two weeks.” Lissie’s voice squeaked as she raised it to answer their question. The Dust Women knew how long she’d been training. They knew she’d spent two weeks without shoes, with no sleep. Chasing the Wind was like learning to dream while awake. They knew how little it meant.
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The Wind is High – Chapter 50
<- Chapter 49 Chapter 51 -> “I don’t have enough tea to share.” The inside of the cabin was scantily furnished. There was only one stool, and one cot. The Dust Woman sat on the seat, sipping from a metal cup. Riley felt like the supplicants who stood before her mother asking for judgment. Alexander
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The Wind is High – Chapter 49
<- Chapter 48 Chapter 50 -> The sun passed and set. Riley slept easily, until Ruskin jumped on her chest. She yelped, and felt his wet nose burrowing into her chin. She shoved him off her bandage, then gave him a pet. “Time to move, huh?” Tlaso became subdued the further they rode. His rhymes
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The Wind is High – Chapter 48
<- Chapter 47 Chapter 49 -> Riley would have stayed here forever. The Plains were green and vibrant, Sugarsnap beneath her, and friends on all sides, the moon and stars above lighting the grass swaying in the wind. The smell of her horse thick on her fingers and in her hair. Ahead of her, Tlaso