Chapter 10
"What do you think?" Isika asked Ben, after she had told him her idea. They sat in their courtyard, near the grass that ran down to the garden. Ben fiddled with the grass, picking small bits and laying them on the stone of the courtyard.
"I don't want to be cast out of Azariyah," he said.
Isika sighed. "I agree. But if we do nothing—nothing, Ben—we will have to bear it forever."
He was silent. Isika could hear Ibba singing in the kitchen as she helped Auntie wash the dishes. Isika wanted to be here, never to leave the home she had come to love. But she couldn't ignore Jerutha, who was like a sister to her, who had helped her find Kital, who was alone now, and afraid. After she had given them the boat and the plan, they had left her. Isika's heart ached, thinking about it, an
