The Commander assigned jobs based on skills and intelligence, not on gender.
Over the next week, my days fell into a pattern. Mornings spent with Irys to learn about magic, afternoons spent napping, studying and practicing my self-defense techniques. Evenings were spent with C...
One, and two, and three, four, five. Keep fighting like this and you will die, Janco sang.
No, I said. I'm not safe, Belen. Who is going to tear Kerrick's arm off if he hits me again? Come on, I urged. Stay with us.
My ma says there will always be sharks in the water. Nothing you can do about it except be careful where you swim. Your
Locked in darkness that surrounded me like a coffin, I had nothing to distract me from my memories.
Leif: Getting killed would have been easier. No guilt. No worries. No fear. Caring for someone is terrible and wonderful. I don't know if I have the strength to do it for another. How do you deal with...
Janco stepped between us. Let’s see if I have this right, he said to Cahil. Yelena beats you, so you want a rematch, but you think she’ll use her magic instead of her fighting skills to win. That’s qu...
It’s your fault. I was defending you! I blurted.He paused. In protecting my honor, you exposed months of work. I should be flattered?
I'm beginning to wish that you were an orphan, love. Can you both manage to focus on the task at hand without trying to catch up on fourteen years of sibling rivalry?
I stared at my bat, trying and failing to connect to Valek. My desire to talk to him, to hold him, clawed at my body.
I spent my first hours back cocooned in an excited babble of all my friends and family. Everyone except Valek. But I knew I would see him when the horde dispersed.
I know I hated magic for a reason, Janco said. Congratulations. This is the first time you've had a VALID reason to hate something, Ari countered. Remember your campaign against sand?Sand! Horrid litt...
I found Esau’s field guide at the bottom of my pack. Taking a candle into the bedroom, I read his book until my eyes grew heavy. From his vast notes, it seemed that almost every plant and tree in the...
I am a Stormdancer! Mere metal is nothing compared with the power of a storm. Kade made his voice boom and spread his arms wide. His eyes sparked with humor. I. Am. Invincible.Until a happy wind blows...
He pulled my arm out to expose my bracelet. When I carved this, my thoughts were on you, love. Your life is like this snake's coils. No matter how many turns it makes, you'll end up back where you bel...
Hay una sola cosa que deseo hacer cuando me liberen. Estar contigo
Everyone makes choices in life. Some bad, some good. It's called living, and if you want to bow out, then go right ahead. But don't do it halfway. Don't linger in whiner's limbo.
Every decision, every interaction, every step, every time you get out of bed in the morning, you take a risk. To survive is to know you’re taking that risk and to not get out of bed clutching illusion...
Don't feel ashamed for having those feelings and those memories. What happened in the past can't be changed, but they can be a guide for what happens in the future.