CHAPTER 38
Penrys buried her chain again under her scarf, and then wrapped up in her sheepskin coat and followed Dhalmudhr out in search of Haraq and his sister. Najud came with her to get some help erecting one of the empty kazrab for the night.
She found Luram in her own kazr, with the rest of the women, and Haraq was with her. Their quiet conversation stopped when she opened her door, and Luram looked up hopefully.
At Penrys’s gesture, Luram stood up and gently pulled her brother up, too. They wrapped themselves up and followed Penrys back outside.
“We’re going to go out and see the world,” Penrys told her, “and try to convince your brother to give up these illusions.” Luram’s grateful smile panicked her—what if it didn’t work? But confidence was half the game, and Penrys didn’t let
