Stealing swords, Royce muttered mostly to himself. Okay, let’s take a look at this tower. The sooner I see it, the sooner I can start cursing.
Success, he continued, is achieved most consistently through cruelty and deception. Determination of the spirit certainly helps, but faith in Ferrol is a currency as valuable as a pair of shoes two si...
Suri had a wolf named Minna. They were the best of friends and roamed the forest together. She had tattoos, was always filthy, afraid of nothing, and could do magic. From the first time I met her, I w...
Take my advice: live your life to the fullest. Breathe the air, taste the wine, kiss the girls, and always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.
Thank you for checking on me. You even wore your sword.Alric looked down. I didn’t know what beast or scoundrel might be attacking the princess. I had to come prepared to do battle.Can you even draw t...
That’s not the reason I didn’t tell you, Royce snapped. You just said it was!I know I did! So you’re lying to me again? Call me a liar one more time— And what? What? You going to fight me? It’s dark i...
That’s—why, that’s wonderful! Hadrian burst out as he leapt to his feet and hugged her. Congratulations! He didn’t even say anything. We’ll be like family! It’s about time he got around to this. I wou...
You think you’re a very clever fellow, don’t you? Saldur challenged.No, Your Grace, Merrick replied. Clever is the man who makes a fortune selling dried-up cows, explaining how it saves the farmers th...
A loose board on the boat’s deck creaked under Hadrian’s weight and Royce glared at him. Twelve years they had worked together, and still Royce did not seem capable of understanding that Hadrian could...
Alric! Stop it! Pickering snapped at him. You mustn't let the men see you crying!Fury flared in Alric, and he spun on the count. No? No? Look at them! They are dying for me. They are dying on my order...
Ancient stones upon the Lee, dusts of memories gone we see. Once the center, once the all, lost forever, fall the wall.
At first I thought it was a dragon, savage and fierce. I wish that had been true. Dragons only kill you; Gilarabrywns break your heart.
You don't win battles with hate. Anger and hate can make you brave, make you strong, but they also make you stupid. You end up tripping over your own two feet.
Hadrian discovered that the most fascinating thing about plummeting in total darkness wasn’t the odd sense of euphoria instilled from the free fall or the abject terror derived from anticipating sudde...
Hadrian drew two swords from his sides in a single elegant motion. He flipped one aroundletting it spin against his palm once. Need to get a new grip on this one. It’s starting to fray again. He looke...
Hadrian gestured toward the sentinel. So, what’s going on between you and Thranic, anyway? He appears to really hate you—even more than most people.Royce did not look in his direction. He sat nonchala...
Hadrian had always felt that cats were picky, untrusting things. Being fragile, they had to be. Whenever a cat sat on him, Hadrian felt special, as if the animal approved, and their acceptance was som...
If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitate toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed. To do what was necessary r...
If given a choice between a potentially great hardship and doing nothing, people gravitated toward what was most familiar and comfortable. That was why leadership was needed.
Perhaps one of us should talk to him? Eugene suggested. If we find out his story, there might be nothing to fear. Our young apprentice has a point, Sebastian said with enough surprise in his voice to...
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