But when did you see her, talk to me? When did you see her go into the cave? Why did you threaten to strike a spirit? You still don't understand, do you? You acknowledged her, Broud, she has beaten yo...
At a bend in the river, an upland stream fell into the Middle Mother, which itself came from higher ground. The marrow-chilling air had caught and stilled the waters in the act of falling, and the str...
That which is subtle can be more powerful.
Middle of a vast continent, somewhere near the undefined
It happen, she could. They
Unspoiled, undamaged, ruled by her own natural law and subject only to her own will—and the great void whence she sprang—the great Mother Earth took pleasure in creating and sustaining life in all its...
They are lazy, worthless men who contribute nothing, unless they’re shamed into it, and they have little shame.
There was a silence when Ayla finished. Zelandoni who was First broke the silence. In our Histories and Legends, the Great Earth Mother gave birth to all life, and then to those like us who would reme...
The Shamud had told him once that the Mother favoured him so much no woman could refuse him, not even the Mother Herself could refuse him – that was his gift – but he warned him to be wary. Gifts from...
That is truly the loss of innocence, Ayla, when we understand what we must do in order to live. That
South Holding, was the acknowledged leader of the Twenty-ninth Cave, but Summer Camp and
Sorry. That is courtesy, right? Custom? Jondalar, what good are words like sorry? It doesn’t change anything, it doesn’t make me feel any better. He pulled his hand through his hair. She was right. Wh...
Mog-ur has been spending all day and half the night in the place of the spirits. It must be a ceremony. While Ayla was gone, he wouldn't go near it; now he hardly ever comes out. When he does, he's so...
I’d done so many things I wasn’t supposed to do that by then I was ready to try any idea that came to me.
It was the first time he had spoken. What Gift could Ayla give in return to the Mother that would be of equal value? There was silence as everyone looked at Ayla. I gave Her my baby, she said, knowing...
It was a tense moment. If Norg refused them, they would have no choice but to return the long distance back to their cave. It would be a grave breach of propriety, but to allow Ayla entrance would be...
As Creb looked at the peaceful, trusting face of the strange girl in his lap, he felt a deep love flowering in his soul for her. He couldn’t have loved her more if she were his own.
She felt a warmth towards him, and as she had done many times before to another man she remembered only vaguely, the little girl put her arms around the crippled man’s neck, pulled his head down to he...
Working with flint, he had often caused small sparks, but he thought of it as the living spirit of the stone released as part of the process.
The first snow sifted down silently during the night. Ayla exclaimed with delight when she stepped out of her cave in the morning. A pristine whiteness softened the contours of the familiar landscape...