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welcome the chosen ones to our world.”
“Is she talking about us?” Hildy whispered, looking up at Jezibaba.
Jezibaba lifted a finger to her lips, smiling and nodding behind it. With the twins now flanking her nervous charges, she drove the girls forward with a firm push on their shoulders. Soon though, the young Amazons were busily chatting and answering Hildy’s many questions.
Children were really the same no matter where they were raised. It was a blessing for all.
Jezibaba watched them without speaking until she felt Lilith’s strong presence at her side. She had known four generations of Amazon queens. Lilith’s great grandmother had trained her to fight, but Lilith was the easiest and the most progressive leader to date. Best of all though was that Lilith’s modern outlook had not changed how absolutely deadly she and her warriors were when they had to be.
“The children are very young. Even we don’t teach real fighting until a girl has received her first menses.”
“Someone powerful is trying to kill them. Time is a luxury I don’t have, Lilith,” Jezibaba said quietly. “I thought it might be easier if their teachers were children themselves. Evil will not wait for Hildy and Carol to get old enough. Your Amazon’s daughters will teach them to protect themselves.”
“You are very wise for a woman who has never borne a child. I remember the first time you visited after I was of an age to know who you were. The queen let me walk with you. You were limping from some fight the day before, but I still thought you were amazing. When a boar broke loose from its pen and charged us, you calmly stepped in front of me and held up your hand. I don’t know what spell you chanted, but the boar froze, fell over, and we got to drag him back to the pen without killing him. In my excitement to meet you, I had left the pen latches loose when I fed the boars that morning. I was the reason you were put in danger.”
“Interesting. Queen Diana never told me that,” Jezibaba said quietly.
“The queen spared me because you brushed it off as amusing. And I saw that a real warrior does not hold a child responsible for being a child. In my reign, we have women coming from all around the world asking to join us now. Our numbers have risen. Life is good. All of this is because the most powerful being I have ever met spared the life of the Amazon Queen’s misbehaving daughter.”
Jezibaba snorted and shrugged. “It is natural to make mistakes. Goddess knows, I make plenty still. The real test is in what you do to make up for them.”
Lilith smiled. “I can tell the one named Carol will be making her share.”
“Indeed,” Jezibaba said. “But she is highly amusing. It takes the edge off.”
Lilith smiled. “Yes. I noticed you laughing at her earlier.”
“I was hoping you didn’t notice.”
Lilith shrugged. “I noticed, but I forgive the Great Jezibaba as she did me.”
When Jezibaba led the girls back to the tree area where they’d arrived, the Amazons returning with them were waiting there as well.
“Hey,” Carol said. “Where are the big robe guys? I just realized they aren’t here.”
Jezibaba chuckled. “You mean the warlocks? They’re not allowed here. Only women are allowed on the island of the Amazons.”
“Cool,” Carol declared.
“Not really,” Jezibaba whispered, leaning down until her head was level with their ears. “Men make life way more interesting. If you hang out here for very long, it’s actually a bit boring. Nobody really argues or debates anything because the Queen doesn’t allow dissention. Personally, I’d rather have a healthy debate and lots of learning. I bet you would too if you had to choose.”
Carol sighed and slipped her hand into the Jezibaba’s without being asked. The Amazons were the coolest thing she’d ever seen in her life. “Sometimes I don’t know what to think about you.”
“The feeling is mutual, Little One.”
Carol heard Jezibaba
“Is she talking about us?” Hildy whispered, looking up at Jezibaba.
Jezibaba lifted a finger to her lips, smiling and nodding behind it. With the twins now flanking her nervous charges, she drove the girls forward with a firm push on their shoulders. Soon though, the young Amazons were busily chatting and answering Hildy’s many questions.
Children were really the same no matter where they were raised. It was a blessing for all.
Jezibaba watched them without speaking until she felt Lilith’s strong presence at her side. She had known four generations of Amazon queens. Lilith’s great grandmother had trained her to fight, but Lilith was the easiest and the most progressive leader to date. Best of all though was that Lilith’s modern outlook had not changed how absolutely deadly she and her warriors were when they had to be.
“The children are very young. Even we don’t teach real fighting until a girl has received her first menses.”
“Someone powerful is trying to kill them. Time is a luxury I don’t have, Lilith,” Jezibaba said quietly. “I thought it might be easier if their teachers were children themselves. Evil will not wait for Hildy and Carol to get old enough. Your Amazon’s daughters will teach them to protect themselves.”
“You are very wise for a woman who has never borne a child. I remember the first time you visited after I was of an age to know who you were. The queen let me walk with you. You were limping from some fight the day before, but I still thought you were amazing. When a boar broke loose from its pen and charged us, you calmly stepped in front of me and held up your hand. I don’t know what spell you chanted, but the boar froze, fell over, and we got to drag him back to the pen without killing him. In my excitement to meet you, I had left the pen latches loose when I fed the boars that morning. I was the reason you were put in danger.”
“Interesting. Queen Diana never told me that,” Jezibaba said quietly.
“The queen spared me because you brushed it off as amusing. And I saw that a real warrior does not hold a child responsible for being a child. In my reign, we have women coming from all around the world asking to join us now. Our numbers have risen. Life is good. All of this is because the most powerful being I have ever met spared the life of the Amazon Queen’s misbehaving daughter.”
Jezibaba snorted and shrugged. “It is natural to make mistakes. Goddess knows, I make plenty still. The real test is in what you do to make up for them.”
Lilith smiled. “I can tell the one named Carol will be making her share.”
“Indeed,” Jezibaba said. “But she is highly amusing. It takes the edge off.”
Lilith smiled. “Yes. I noticed you laughing at her earlier.”
“I was hoping you didn’t notice.”
Lilith shrugged. “I noticed, but I forgive the Great Jezibaba as she did me.”
When Jezibaba led the girls back to the tree area where they’d arrived, the Amazons returning with them were waiting there as well.
“Hey,” Carol said. “Where are the big robe guys? I just realized they aren’t here.”
Jezibaba chuckled. “You mean the warlocks? They’re not allowed here. Only women are allowed on the island of the Amazons.”
“Cool,” Carol declared.
“Not really,” Jezibaba whispered, leaning down until her head was level with their ears. “Men make life way more interesting. If you hang out here for very long, it’s actually a bit boring. Nobody really argues or debates anything because the Queen doesn’t allow dissention. Personally, I’d rather have a healthy debate and lots of learning. I bet you would too if you had to choose.”
Carol sighed and slipped her hand into the Jezibaba’s without being asked. The Amazons were the coolest thing she’d ever seen in her life. “Sometimes I don’t know what to think about you.”
“The feeling is mutual, Little One.”
Carol heard Jezibaba
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