The wind howled outside, whipping up thick dust and sand that battered the walls and windows with a deafening roar.
On ordinary nights, Leif would have been asleep by now. Tonight, however, she sat tensely on the edge of the bed, looking first at the knife on the table and then at the door. She cast a furtive glance at Natiaveda’s back. Seeing that Natiaveda seemed not to have noticed her, she began to get up.
All the oil lamps in the room went out at once.
Her eyes could not adjust to the sudden darkness. When she lifted...
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