She considered it lucky they made it as far as they did. It had been a fool’s gambit.

It didn’t hit him until they were far away from Atherton, riding down the long road that would take them from all familiarity…

The rhythm of the horse’s trot kept her from thinking, lulling her as a ship would her friend Anala.

Lares was sitting beside Healer Ghia during the Birthright Ceremony.

Jules could feel the shock reverberate through the woman sitting in front of him as palpably as if he’d been hit in the face with a shovel.