7: Enemies and Shadows (13 page)
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Authors: Ginn Hale
Ravishan leaned against him, just a little. John wrapped one arm around Ravishan’s waist.
“You’re so quiet,” Ravishan said.
“I was just thinking.” It wasn’t really true. He had been trying not to think.
“About what?” Ravishan asked.
John was silent for several moments as he formed a simple sentence in his mind. He didn’t want to think about any of it. Slowly he forced one word after another out, as if they couldn’t be linked to any meaning.
“Behr is dead,” John said. “And Loshai has been taken to Umbhra’ibaye. They’re going to induct her into the issusha’im.”
Ravishan paled. “What happened?”
John tried to repeat what Hann’yu had told him. He found the words breaking as he said them. He wanted to be clear and exact about it all. But he couldn’t speak of Bill’s murder or Laurie’s imprisonment without imagining the events themselves. He saw Bill’s body crumpling as a single bullet ripped through him. Laurie must have screamed as flames gushed up all around her. She would have clung to Bill’s dead body as the city guards dragged her away.
John’s voice failed him and he covered his face with his hands. Ravishan embraced him gently and waited. At last John managed to finish the few sentences that hurt him so deeply.
“I’m sorry,” Ravishan said softly.
John leaned against him. Snow fell in thick walls. John could hardly make out the trees across the riverbank. Ravishan’s body was warm. There was such comfort in just his nearness. John pushed his thoughts of death and loss aside. He thought of the warmth of Ravishan’s body and the taste of his mouth.
They clung close together beneath the stone bridge, sheltering each other from the storm that John pulled down around them.
To Be Continued…
Characters Appearing in Arc Five
Alidas
–Rashan’im commander and spy master in Nurjima; partly crippled.
Besh’anya
–Ji’s student.
Chyemon
–Besh’anya’s brother, also on Jath’ibaye’s ship.
Eriki’yu
–Jath’ibaye’s house steward in Vundomu.
Esh’illan Anyyd
–Gaunan killed by Jath’ibaye while attempting an assassination
Fikiri’in’Bousim
–Once an ushiri, now attempting to destroy Jath’ibaye
Gin’yu
–Representative for Silverlake District. Fai’daum war hero.
Hirran
–Fai’daum representative for the Ironheights District.
Ji Shir’korud
–Escaped issusha oracle and Fai’daum leader.
Jath’ibaye
–John Tofler, Jahn
Joulen Bousim
–Bousim commander of norther forces. Gaunsho Bousim’s son.
Kahlil
–Kyle, Kyle’insira, Ravishan
Laurie
– Called Loshai in Basawar. John’s friend from Nayeshi
Litivi
–Faidaum representative for the Westcliff District. Son of Gin’yu
Mosh’sira’in’Bousim
–Gaunsho Bousim.
Nanvess Bousim
–Heir to the Bousim house, killed by Kahlil when he attempted to assassinate Jath’ibaye.
Nivoun Bousim
–Nanvess’ father. Governor of the Bousim’s northern holdings
Ourath
–Gaunsho Lisam.
Pesha
–Young kahlirash with ushiri skills.
Piam
– Sailor on Jath’ibaye’s ship.
Saimura
–Ji’s son. Jath’ibaye’s informant in Nurjima and a trained witch.
Tai’yu
–Representative of the Greenhills District. Hirran’s father. Fai’daum war hero.
Wah’roa
–Leader of the kahlirash’im and representative for Vundomu.
Characters appearing in Arc Six
Arren- Head of Fighter’s district in the Warren.
Ashan’ahma – An ushiri studying at Rathal’pesha.
Alidas–A rider for the Bousim family; partly crippled.
Amha’in’Bousim–Lady Bousim, 3rd wife, exiled to the north.
Bill–Called Behr in Basawar.
Fikiri Bousim–An ushiri: son of Lady Bousim.
Hann’yu–An ushman exiled to the north: specializes in healing.
Issusha’im–The Payshmura oracles.
Ji Shir’korud–Dog demon; one of the Fai’daum.
John–Jahn
Laurie–Called Loshai in Basawar.
Nivoun Bousim
– Governor of the Bousim’s northern holdings
Parfir–The earth god.
Rifter–The destroyer incarnation of Parfir.
Ravishan–The most promising of the ushiri at Rathal’pesha.
Rousma–Ravishan’s sister.
Sabir–The leader of Fai’daum.
Saimura–Ji’s son.
Serahn–Powerful Ushman in the Black Tower of Nurjima.
Tai’yu
–Fai’daum fighter.
Wah’roa–Leader of the kahlirash’im at Vundomu.
Common Terms and Words
and ———————-iff
animal / it ————shir
asshole —————-wahbai
bark (tree) ————istana
bee (honey) ———behr
best ———————-sho
black ——————-yasi
blonde hide ———jahn
blood ——————-usha
blue ——————— holima
bone ——————-sumah
bones (holy) ———issusha
book ———————lam
brothers —————ashan
but / however ——hel
chasm ——————kubo
city ———————-tamur
cold ———————polima
dead ———————maht
deer (mount) —— tahldi
delicious ————-mosh
dog (tame) ———-kohl
dog (wild)/wolf — sabir
exhausted ————renma
fast (speed) ———-sam
fire ———————- daru
food ———- ———nabi (grain)
friend ——————pashim
from / of ————-in
fuck ———————faud
goat ———————fik
good / pretty ——domu
grain plant ———-taye
green ——————-ibaye
harm ——————-ratim
hawk ——————-alidas
hill ———————-rousma
holy ———————ushmana
hot ———————-niru
how / because —-ahab
idiot ———————bai
joy ————————amha
key ————————hala
key, death-lock —-maht’tu hala
knife ———————halaun
lazy ———————-pom
little / diminutive —-iri
lock —————————tu
lost —————————gasm’ah
love ————————-mohim
man/ male ————- vun
meadow ——————pivan
meat ————————nabi’usha
medicinal tree ———yasistana
monastery —————ushmura
money ———————jiusha
mountain —————-rathal
no —————————-iss
noble ———————-gaun
none ————————illin
orchard ——————-umbhra
peace ———————-tumah
place ————————amura
quiet ————————itam
rain ————————-parh
red —————————daum
river ————————fai
road ————————nur
run ————————-sango
sacred books ———- ushmana’lam
sacred drink ————fathi
same ————————kin
shit ————————-jid
similar ———————ro
sky —————————loshai
snow ————————pelima
solitary ——————-jath
speak ———————-vass
spill ————————-ra
spoil ————————lafi
still ————————- tash
stop ————————-nahara
strike ———————-bish
terrible ——————-tehji
time / year—————-ayal
to be lost ————- —gasmya
to drink ——————siraya
to eat ————————nabiya
to harm ——————-ratimya
to kill ———————-rashiya
tree (fruit) —————isma
tree bark ——————istana
ugly/ bad —————mulhi
unholy /unclean —korud
water/drink ————sira
weasel ——————-ganal
what ———————-bati
when ———————bayal
where ——————-bamura
white ———————pesha
who ———————-ban
why ———————-bahab
wine ———————- vishan
witch ———————tahjid
woman/ female —-vur
yellow /gold————jima/ ji
yes ————————-du
Pronouns
he\ him —————-vun
his ————————-vun’um
they(all male) ——-vun’im
she/her ——————vur
hers ————————vur’um
they (all female) —-vur’im
they(mixed) ——— pun’im
theirs ———————pun’um
I/me ———————-li
mine ———————-li’um
we/us ———————li’im
ours ————————lim’un
you ————————yura
yours ———————-yura’um
you (plural) —— —-yura’im
yours (plural) ——- yura’un
it —————————-shir
it (plural)————— shir’um
Declensions and Conjugations
positive ——————— dou
negative ——————— iss
question ——————— sa
object of action ——— hir
source of action ——— ati
one who does————- hlil
plural ———————— im
possessive (singular)- um
possessive (plural) —- un
future tense ————— ad
past tense —————— ah
present tense ————- ya
(Ya literally means ‘to do’ or ‘to be’.)
possible ——————— at
hoped for (future) —- atdou
hoped against ———-atiss
command form ——— hi
gerund ———————-yas
adjective ———————an
adverb ————————al
