She took her time over breakfast, dawdled talking to Ben and to Eleanor, chatted with Maida when she picked up her dinner, and made her walk up the road into more of a stroll. The storm clouds still threatened, but the wind had died down and she felt less chilly than the day before. She closed he...
Now the clear winter sky shone with thousands of stars made dim by the ever-burning lights of the city of the Gods. They’d passed the Twin Temples on their way into the city, Cath’s a dark, sleek assemblage of narrow spires and clustering towers, Belia’s squat and warm with glowing yellow stone. ...
her father said, his voice low and harsh. “Do you have any idea what you have done to our family? To your mother?” He grabbed her upper arm and squeezed. Elinor cried out and reflexively tried to pull away, but without success. She barely felt the hard pressure of his hand...