Rebel, Brave and Brutal By Shannon Dittemore EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Authors: Shannon Dittemore
- Publish Date: 10 January 2023
- Language: English
- Genre: Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy
- Format: PDF / EPUB
- Size: 3 MB
- Pages: 399 pages
- Price: Free
Winter Bites.
Her teeth are jagged, and she’s not shy about using them. Not when
she’s being ordered about. Hours of practice commanding Winter, and
frostbite crusts my lips. My throat is raw from shouting into the wind, and
my legs ache from negotiating the ever-tilting deck of this wretched ship.
“You’ve stopped listening, Miss Quine.” Mars stands next to me at the
railing of the Maree Vale, same as he did yesterday. Ordering me about as I
order Winter.
“But you haven’t stopped talking,” I say. “One of us is going to have to
adapt.”
“My thoughts precisely.” He crosses his arms, nods at the storm I set
swirling just far enough off our port side that Winter’s rains can’t touch us.
“You’ve done well to establish yourself as Winter’s superior, but you’re still
wrestling with the nature of your commands. You’re giving her creative
license, letting her choose when and how to comply.”
I stifle a yawn. “And that’s wrong?”
“Revelation number four, Miss Quine. You must be specific. She has to
obey your commands, but she’s not obliged to assume your intentions. If
you leave your orders open to her interpretation, you may cause damage
you didn’t intend.”
“Right. You said that.”
“I did. And you need to keep it in mind. Your next task is to compel
Winter to act against her own interests. Not just to obey when she’d rather
not, but to follow your orders even when it diminishes her.”
“Diminish—What? How?”
“However you can.”
“I have no idea how to make her do that.”
“Think on the wolves, Miss Quine. At High Pass.”
High Pass. When Mars forced her to attack the Frost Whites, her
favorites.
“There are no wolves at sea,” I muse, “but I suppose I could—”
He holds up his hand. “You need not be specific with me, but you must
be with her. Do you understand?”
“I understand.”
But right now, I’d trade all the magic in my blood for some shut-eye.
The Maree Vale has a lively crew. They’re a lot like the riggers I know,
except there’s no relaxing out here on the Kol Sea, and to stay alert, they
make bawdy jokes and sing songs that ring out over the deck of this threehundred-year-old vessel day and night.
And then there’s the bell at the helm, ringing loud and long at the top of
every hour, reminding all those on board, save Mars and me, to swap their
twyl chewing gum for a fresh piece. A necessary inconvenience to keep the
kol madness at bay, since the black mineral is thick in both the water and
the air, but that bell is impossible to sleep through. After just two days at
sea, I’m already scraped hollow.
And still our pace is glacial. We cut slowly through the waves on Mars’s
order. He wants to make sure I have time to practice commanding Winter
before we leave her behind for the duration of the journey.
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