"Naomi Kritzer - Dead Rivers 3 - Freedom's Sisters" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kritzer Naomi)

тАЬI was a shamanтАЩs apprentice. ZhannaтАЩs, and before that, JaranтАЩs.тАЭ

тАЬYes. Jaran.тАЭ The eldress raised an eyebrow, and now came the challenge I had expected. тАЬThe Alashi do not free
slaves.тАЭ

тАЬI am not Alashi. I left when you exiled my blood sister.тАЭ

Janiya, who was the one who actually had exiled Lauria, bit her lip and looked down.

тАЬYou chose to leave,тАЭ the eldress said. тАЬYou could choose to come back.тАЭ

тАЬWhy?тАЭ

тАЬTo teach.тАЭ That was one of the other clan elders, a man I didnтАЩt know. His voice was a soft growl. тАЬTo teach the
shamans how to guard the borderland and the djinni, so that we can lay siege to the source of the SisterhoodтАЩs
power.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm still not convinced thatтАЩs a good idea.тАЭ That was a clan eldress with only one eye, and a scar that stretched
from forehead to chin. тАЬThat will just prove to them that we are a threat, and that they must move against us.тАЭ

тАЬTheyтАЩre coming whether we act or not.тАЭ

тАЬYou donтАЩt know that.тАЭ

тАЬTheyтАЩre moving the army up! What else could itтАжтАЭ

тАЬтАжjust guarding against our raids, and the banditsтАжтАЭ

тАЬтАжstrike at the border, not the borderland, thatтАЩs what IтАЩveтАжтАЭ

тАЬтАжcould move all our herds north, find new grazing grounds, just get out of their wayтАжтАЭ

The eldress sat back and let the others argue. I looked at Janiya. She gave me a quirk-lipped smile and a slight
shrug.

тАЬLet them come!тАЭ one of the eldresses said. тАЬWeтАЩll back off and let the desert do our work. TheyтАЩll never find our
wells.тАЭ

тАЬTheyтАЩre not fools; theyтАЩll use their djinni to bring up water. ThatтАЩs why we need to barricade the borderland.тАЭ

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тАЬSo what if they canтАЩt make new slaves? That wonтАЩt stop them from using the ones theyтАЩve got. They have
thousands, tens of thousands! More than enoughтАжтАЭ

тАЬAll right,тАЭ the eldress said. тАЬIтАЩve had enough of this. Back to your clans, all of you. I want to talk to Tamar
alone. No, Janiya, you can stay. Sit down. The rest of youтАжтАЭ She gestured, and after a moment or two, they rose