Joseph pushed himself back against the wall of one of the warehouses along the shoreline. “Everyone else is trying to get out of this town.”Kara pulled the hood of her cloak further down over her head. The rain was pounding down relentlessly from the night sky, tossed in fierce waves by the blowi...
Kendril bent down next to the pile of ashes. He fingered some of the residue with his gloved hand. The flakes of gray stood out against his black gauntlet. “Seems fresh.”Marley stood a respectful distance away, his shoulders huddled against the brisk wind. He clutched a musket in his hands, and k...
Joseph dabbed lightly at the wound with the wet cloth, squinting to see in the light of the fireplace.“It hurts,” Kara replied.“It’s supposed to hurt.” Joseph leaned back, and dropped the cloth back onto the bed. “At least for now. That should help prevent any infection.” He fumbled in his bag, a...
She quickly finished her first bowl, and Maklavir kindly ordered her another, ignoring her feeble protests. Kendril was content with a mug of ale, which he drank slowly, his dark eyes watching Maklavir’s every move. Jade could feel the growing tension at the table, and decided that some conversat...
He blinked his eyes, groaning as he rubbed the grit out of them. In the east the sun was just edging over the line of low hills. Out in that direction was the sea, though it was too far to see from here. The wind had a sharp bite to it this morning, but the dark clouds from the day before had bee...
“A fine body.”Kara sipped contemplatively at her own wine. “It certainly has.”He grinned, and stepped closer to the young woman. “I wasn’t talking about the wine.”She took a step back. “Really, Dutraad, I don’t think—”“Playing hard to get, eh? I certainly like a girl who—” Dutraad lurched to one ...