Ouroboros Spine kuvrak «

Sialuk felt her heart thump more quickly in her chest. They would offer blood to the spirits, and in return, the spirits would speak to them. She felt the question of where the blood came from on her tongue, but she stopped before it came out. Sialuk was reminded of the nine days of singing, of the things her mother did not always speak of.

I want the sacrifice to come from me, she said. Sialuk felt in her heart that the spirits would speak to her if she did this for them. With the bones ready at her feet, she stepped toward anaa, allowing her mother to make the ritual mark.