Chapter Ten The MinesMai had always known the firerulers could manipulate fire. During her first year of schooling, the elders taught all the children in her village about the powers of the seven nations. If Mai had had the chance as a young girl, she would have travelled with her father to the other nations. But her father wouldn’t allow it. Trading goods was a risky business, he would say to her. Even with his advanced skills in diplomacy, something went terribly wrong in the sealers’ nation. She was certain her father had done nothing wrong, but that idea changed nothing, because he was gone.
‘I bet the sun would be big and bright and in the middle of the sky by now,’ Kalin said. ‘Yet I feel so tired.’
‘I’m tired too.’ Mai breathed out a large sigh. ‘I’m sure we’ll get to sleep soon.’
