Chapter 7
Questions
When she awoke, it took her a few moments to reorient herself. Sitting up in bed, Genesee glanced around her room and stared at the details she hadn’t noticed last night.
The people of Bein had been gracious and happy to meet her after she’d crossed that bridge and stepped onto firm land. Although they’d surrounded her, they hadn’t crowded her. The hands that reached out to touch her hadn’t frightened her, or made her feel uncomfortable. They were desperate, and to them she was their last hope.
It had been Jocet who’d led her to this chamber and apologized for the costell’s rudeness in not directing her himself. “He’s a busy man,” the surymander explained.
“I know he paid a lot of coin for me,” she’d retorted. “But that doesn’t mean I’m an object to be placed on a
