Grains of SandChapter 3
Yakhir swallowed his nervousness and squared his shoulders in the barren hallway before he knocked on his father's door, before he knocked on Master Atto's door he corrected himself. A gruff voice on the other side barked an order to enter. "Master Atto, I have completed a full month's mourning and desire to take up my apprentice duties again," Yakhir spoke to the floor with flattering, false humility. A brief survey of the office left no doubt that this man meant to sweep away any...