“Sky above and earth below! I may have to go down to the guildhall to work just to get away from all these interruptions.” Orleus stood up from the bench under the apple tree and looked toward the gate. “I’m afraid I’m responsible for this one. I had to let Father know I was in Caere.” Vatar look...
She wasn’t nervous about facing the test Grandmama would give her and Jathan. She looked forward to it as her opportunity to test the limits of her green magic and perhaps experience that soaring feeling once again. Grandmama hadn’t asked them to do very much green magic since that first time. Sh...
Since he was staying in Tysoe until Arcas arrived, Orleus had asked Vatar to help with the training of the young Valson when he wasn’t working with the Tysoean smiths. Balan was a natural, needing little instruction. Zoridan was . . . less so. Vatar held up a hand when he felt the tingle of Far S...
The downside of having a shelter and enough to eat—of not having to spend every minute of the day just trying to survive—was that it gave him too much time to think. He’d never in his life felt this alone. Chitter was the only thing that kept Vatar from feeling so lonely that he’d just give up. H...