The steep grade proved difficult and even more so with the unsure footing of the broken rock. The cliff top ran East to West into the blackness of the night. No trees grew on the granite surface of the cliff’s ledge. Instead, the pines and spruce huddled thirty yards from the drop-off on slopes r...
The group rode east. Tarader led the proceeding and Hai rode close beside Ader. The Eru horses arrayed around the Seraph and his giant gray refused to pass the weary stallion. Tarader’s proud bearing returned and although the horse was exhausted, a certain dance that Kael had not seen in the last...
The holy men bathed the dead general in oils and prepared his body to be sewn within animal skins in the traditional way of the Keltar. Granu limped toward his uncle, his expression grave.“He died the death of a warrior,” said Shor to the Abbott. Granu’s expression soured.“The last of my kin,” st...
