Desert SonChapter 14
In the split second that Rouya seemed to slip a few feet down the rope head first, all the tumblers and acrobats seemed to vanish at once. Not a single eye saw them slip under their robes and hide as the desert practice had taught them to do so well. Fu Choy went to ground on the side of the box within a box away from the Satrap's platform. The younger student of Vedeya was already folded up inside the inner box, a sturdy boy of eight, named Sung, who showed a surprising strength and...