But they want your space. They want where your cott was. They aim to build a pen there,
to keep the tykes and the fowls enclosed so they don’t be having to chase them all the time.”
Kira stared at him. It was terrifying, almost unbelievable, the casualness of the cruelty.
In order to pen their disobedient toddlers and chickens, the women would turn her out of the village
to be devoured by the beasts that waited in the woods to forage the Field.
Whose was the strongest voice against me?she asked after a moment.
Matt thought. He shifted the twigs in his hands,
and Kira could see that he was reluctant to get involved in her problems and fearful of his own fate. But he had always been her friend.
Finally, looking around first to be certain he wouldn’t be overheard,
he told her the name of the person with whom Kira would have to do battle.
“Vandara,” he whispered. It came as no surprise. Nonetheless, Kira’s heart sank.
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