Various officers, who had been forced into his army as punishment, filled the chairs. They had been summoned from their slumber near midnight. Saanji shivered, though he was not sure whether the cause was the contents of the letter or the cold wind whipping through the flap of his tent. The wind ...
She stared up at the moon then at the starry swirl of Armahg’s Eye when the blue-black clouds parted. The latter made her shudder, considering what she was about to do. She lay there a moment longer, listening to the Knight’s slow, even breathing. Then, very carefully, she untangled herself from ...
He looked around, speechless, and saw that he was standing once more in the basement of the jailhouse in Lyos. Silwren stood in her cell, her face taut with worry—but not for him. El’rash’lin was lying on the cold stone floor, body shaking, his eyes blank and staring. Rowe...