“The midwife, she—!”
Kareth ran over, knocking over the table with all the tinctures, the silver chalice clattering to the floor. He got on his knees, taking Yunet’s hand. It didn’t feel right.
“She isn’t breathing,” the girl’s lips were quivering as she spoke.
He touched Yunet’s cheek. It was warm, but he knew it wouldn’t be long before it cooled. It wouldn’t be long, because she had stopped breathing. She was gone. Yunet was dead.
PETZUHALLPA GLOSSARY
Achaw
‘Field’
Atl
‘High Lord’
Allpa
‘Builder’/‘King’ (masculine)
Anka
‘Flowing’
Chak
‘Down’
Chakatl
‘Lesser Lord’
Chib’i
‘Little’
Chultun
‘Jungle’
Ellpe
‘Builder’/‘Queen’ (feminine)
Huitl
‘Lord’
Iki
‘Still’
Ilo
‘Colour’
Ix
‘Earth’
Ka
‘Up’/’High’
K’in
‘Metal’
La
‘Mouth’
Molta
‘Around’/‘Circle’
Mopa
‘Water’
Na
A suffix that signifies that the following noun is a possessive.
Nok
‘Sun’
Nuk
‘Warrior’
Nukte
‘Old’
Nupe
‘Ocean’
Petzuha
‘Pyramid’
Setz’
‘Sapphire’
Ta
‘Great’
Tan
‘Tongue’
Tatcha
‘Uncle’
Te
‘Swift’
Tz’ai
‘Without’/’Missing’
Uli
‘Shore’
Yu
‘End’
For more information about the characters, locations, and cultures of this world, visit: http://whisperpedia.wikia.com/
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Guenevere Lee has worked as an ESL teacher and journalist while living in England, Japan, and various parts of Canada. In 2018, her first novel, Orope—The White Snake, was a runner up at the London Book Festival, and she won second place at the Wryterbyte “Boundless Night” fall writing contest for her cyberpunk story, “Anthropocene.” She currently hosts the book club podcast Take a Closer Book. Guenevere resides in Toronto, Canada.
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