A spiral of air meandered down the road, kicking up dust and whistling along its way. The birch trees on the far side of the tracks waved red and yellow leaves in the breeze. The sun glowed bright. If not for the death wrought in its early hours, it would have been a nice autumn day.
“He was right. You do look like him.”
Laurel hopped at the sound of Jewel’s voice.
Jewel sat on an iron bench by the depot door. Tears stained her light brown cheeks. Her almond-shaped eyes were red and puffy.
What did Jewel mean? Laurel was brown-skinned, but not as dark as Ti and she didn’t have any of his other traits. Jewel couldn’t have meant she looked like Ti, right? Laurel and Xander both knew even though they loved Ti like a father, neither of them were …show more content…
“You look like Glenn. You have the same hair, eye color, and your nose is the same shape. Glenn didn’t look like mother, Tiberius, or me. Glenn said you looked so much like him you had to be his blood. He would have been glad to meet you.”
“How would he have known?” Glenn died seven years before Laurel awoke from her sleeper crystal.
Jewel gave a cheerless grin. “How do you think Tiberius knew where to find your sleeper crystal? Glenn had found both your crystal and Alexander’s over twenty years ago and told the Lettorians. He knew where to find the Water of our Council too, but… I guess I shouldn’t say too much more about that. We don’t want Yester to get to our sister first.”
Laurel sighed. Yes. If you gave a secret to Laurel you may as well tell the enemy. Of course this was also true of Ti and Velvyn, so she wasn’t offended. All three heard their opposites on the Dark Council in their head. Fortunately, Xander and Jewel’s minds were not touched by their opposites. They could keep the Light Council’s secrets.
Fire lit Jewel’s eyes. “I don’t know what Ti told you about our brother, but Glenn was kind and good. He didn’t enjoy the slaughter of battle, even if he only killed disgusting mardocs. He always tried to find another way and used extermination as a last resort. He would not have tried to kill a whole city or his own
“He was right. You do look like him.”
Laurel hopped at the sound of Jewel’s voice.
Jewel sat on an iron bench by the depot door. Tears stained her light brown cheeks. Her almond-shaped eyes were red and puffy.
What did Jewel mean? Laurel was brown-skinned, but not as dark as Ti and she didn’t have any of his other traits. Jewel couldn’t have meant she looked like Ti, right? Laurel and Xander both knew even though they loved Ti like a father, neither of them were …show more content…
“You look like Glenn. You have the same hair, eye color, and your nose is the same shape. Glenn didn’t look like mother, Tiberius, or me. Glenn said you looked so much like him you had to be his blood. He would have been glad to meet you.”
“How would he have known?” Glenn died seven years before Laurel awoke from her sleeper crystal.
Jewel gave a cheerless grin. “How do you think Tiberius knew where to find your sleeper crystal? Glenn had found both your crystal and Alexander’s over twenty years ago and told the Lettorians. He knew where to find the Water of our Council too, but… I guess I shouldn’t say too much more about that. We don’t want Yester to get to our sister first.”
Laurel sighed. Yes. If you gave a secret to Laurel you may as well tell the enemy. Of course this was also true of Ti and Velvyn, so she wasn’t offended. All three heard their opposites on the Dark Council in their head. Fortunately, Xander and Jewel’s minds were not touched by their opposites. They could keep the Light Council’s secrets.
Fire lit Jewel’s eyes. “I don’t know what Ti told you about our brother, but Glenn was kind and good. He didn’t enjoy the slaughter of battle, even if he only killed disgusting mardocs. He always tried to find another way and used extermination as a last resort. He would not have tried to kill a whole city or his own