Shimmer Jennifer McBride and Lynda Nixon FREMANTLE PRESS
For Kate Sarah Naomi and Rachael
And so it begins I will not go Kora folded her arms and looked away from her father It is not a choice Kora The Emperor placed a hand on her shoulder All genies of royal birth must go She shrugged off his hand I know that but why now Amurru stood quietly by Kora’s globe She strode over to him Tell them Amurru she said jabbing a finger in the air towards her parents It is madness to send me away now Amurru’s yellow eyes blinked slowly To learn how to rule you must first learn how to serve She stomped her foot This was ridiculous Her gaze rested briefly on her younger brother Atym They weren’t sending him away Please Mother You know you have to go sometime said her mother 5
