Pardayi’s temple towered over Jenara, its walls reaching high into the blue. Other buildings around the main square cowered in its shade and clung to one another like a crowd of scared peasants in the presence of a king. Kamira walked across the cobblestones with her eyes fixed on the temple, and Veelk followed at a slower pace, looking around and inciting anxiety in the eyes of townswomen gathered by the main well, while the tattered rascals pointed at his keshal and whispered in awe.
Kamira glanced at him, hardly containing amusement. “Stop scaring children. We have more important things to do.”
Veelk caught up with her. “Like scaring demons.” As she’d suspected, he had listened in on her conversation with Veranesh until the demon led her away. “I thought we’d wait till nightfall.”
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