Maintaining the Separation

Maintaining the Separation is the thirty-eighth chapter of Tales of Sheol'gotha:  Shadow of the Abaddon.

Synopsis
Confined to their dormitories, Sharess and her children find themselves going a little stir-crazy at not being allowed out. After leaving Settir to watch the rift crystal with promises that she'd find a solution, Sharess emerges to look between her other children. Abjuris, Fea-turin, Deyess, Skeyrin, Virmirinth and Cheriss are sleeping while Nyrir, Corrion, Terylon, Attir and Ghion busy themselves. She approaches Corrion and Ghion who look to be reading up on alchemy, and Corrion explains that he's intent on developing a lab in their dormitory since he cannot meet with the arcanists. Sharess comments that perhaps her sons can learn from one another, and that Ghion can share knowledge of anatomy, but Corrion refuses.

Sharess decides to go to court to plead their case and convinces the guards to lead her. She arrives and is interecepted by Donovan who attempts to lead her away, however on the way she spots two shifters from De-jin's family and pushes past Donovan to enter the throne room, finding the other consorts there. She realizes quickly that she and her family were the only ones truly confined, and demands that De-jin's children be the ones to suffer for their transgressions. Hja approaches and taunts and threatens Sharess openly, and whispers promises of having her children rape her again to make up for Wiq'tin.

Sharess flies into a rage and moves to attack Hja with her knife, however Iwotha stops the fight before it starts and separates the two. Fall-un'tir approaches, demanding to see what Sharess holds, however Donovan stops him and takes Sharess away before he can see the knife. Donovan guides her back and warns her about drawing a blade on Hja, and as she returns to her dormitory she is met with all her children except Abjuris and Settir. Fea-turin states that Abjuris is in the rift chamber with Settir, however upon going in there it is seen that he's not there, and no one can find him. Fea-turin, reluctantly, and at his mother's request, admits that he's involved with Kyreia De-jin.

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