The Ash Girl
by A’Lis Bly
For my daughter Claire
Hun Vedverte
Chapter X
TURN
And so we find our story at the turn of the wheel. A gate. A passing through place. Spinning toward the next way of being.
On this morning, Asmeret awoke to blood between her legs. More curious than frightened (she was no stranger to blood) she immediately remembered the initiation ceremonies.
Chapter XI
1953 CE
The Road to Asmara
Asmeret walked out of the woods as the sun came up to her right. North. How far, how long a walk, how many hours or days before she should turn west, into the mountains? She opened her mouth to ask the question aloud; closed it again. No bird or dog to hear.