Chapter 13
The Burials and the PromiseIt was three days later that Karne and Kyra woke to a feeling of oppressive malevolence in the air. The sky was obscured by heavy cloud which hung, grey and discouraging, neither falling as rain nor blowing away. Kyra particularly felt uneasy. She wondered what would happen if the sky was cloudy for the night of the rising star. What use would knowing or not knowing the correct configuration be if none of them could even see the stars? It crossed her mind that perhaps there would be ways of sensing it that she did not yet know about, but this line of thought was cut short by her brother Ji tugging at her arm and wanting her to follow him.
‘What is it?’ she said impatiently and irritably.
‘We have finished the boat,’ Ji said excitedly. ‘Come and see!
