Tan said with a whisper, studying Asgar with a worried eye. The draasin was in a massive cave on the rocky cliff not far from the cavern holding the draasin eggs. Tan hadn’t wanted to put him in the same cavern, not until he knew what had happened to Asgar, but at least this way, he was close eno...
He hurried away from the shelter, riding his horse in the direction Amia had indicated. “Are you going to let me ride with you?” she asked. She seemed genuinely uncertain how he’d answer. “Can’t you sense my answer?” He tried to sound playful, but came off more abrupt than intended. “I’d unders...
Brusus stood in the hall outside the room, both knives spinning as he darted forward, attacking as best he could. Jessa crouched inside the room, her long knife held out like a sword, but Brusus blocked her from getting too far into the hall. For that, Rsiran was grateful. ...
The endless war distracted my attention from this greater threat. —Rolan al’Sand, Enlightened of Hyaln “What do you see from up here?” Eldridge asked. Reyanne leaned on the block overlooking Rens, her face an unreadable mask. She’d said little since...
Paint peeled off the wagon and where wheels had once been, there was nothing more than broken spokes. A thick log was placed underneath the wagon, as if to keep it from rolling away, but there seemed no way for it to go anywhere. As much as the Aeta could settle, this was a place of permanence. &...
The summons and the focus are much too similar, choosing a staff with rune traps etched onto the surface. How did they choose those with the potential? Did they know that the shin would resist Ter as they have? —Lren Atunal, Cardinal of the College of Scholars Jasn stagger...
He’d found that a shaping of wind obscured him while traveling above, much like a shaping of earth gave him the ability to hide while on the ground. Distantly, he sensed Kota as she prowled along the shores of Par-shon. With her here, he had a different understanding of th...
Even the acrid wind felt stunted. Lifeless. Zephra thought it strange that the scream carried. All around her ugly and spindly scrub trees struggled to grow, sharp needles pulling at clothing if she came to close. Some could even shoot their needles if she walked too heavi...
He felt a kind of separation as his mind lifted from his body. With it came the sense of movement, but none of the colors that he experienced when Sliding, and none of the smells of lorcith or heartstone that he’d grown accustomed to, either. Rsiran pressed through the doo...
Was this the sort of view her father had had when he had crawled along the roofs? From here, she just made out the edge of the river, a black line where the lights of the city ended. “Why did you risk going to the palace garden tonight?” Jhon asked. He stood on the edge of...
The jar of raglan berries was left carelessly open and I set the cap atop firmly, else they rot too fast. Other jars and bottles were left just as sloppy. Restless energy kept me moving, fixing as I went, unable to help myself as I tapped my feet on the wooden floor, my heavy satchel clutched on ...
Jessa shouted at him, panic in her voice. Pain surged through his back, the steady burning pain he’d known before disappearing with the vision or whatever he’d experienced, and he was aware of each of the pieces of lorcith, his connection to it fully restored. As it had be...
From what he could tell, Ashi fueled the shaping, giving him the strength he needed to pass over Ethea, and across Ter, but he wouldn’t be able to hold on much longer. Tan sensed the strength in the elemental, but he wasn’t attuned to it well enough to use it with any skill or precision. Instead,...