The thing about the old is that we never change so much as the young. We slip in degrees, adding rings like trees--a new wrinkle here, a shade less color there, but the young transform like caterpilla...
The two of them just sort of clicked, like old friends who’d just met. Friends-at-first-sight, if there was such a thing.
The two slept most of the next day, waking only when a boy delivered what he thought might be breakfast, or perhaps lunch, but turned out to be the evening meal. The steaming bowls of vegetable stew a...
We have but the roads that lie before our feet, and all too often our choices are limited to walking or standing still. And standing still gets us nowhere.
Their business was profitable but ugly. Just another game he played in a world where heroes were legends and honor was a myth.
Their jobs were almost too clean for Royce's taste.
There always seemed to be a better way, except when it came to people. Once broken, people couldn't be repaired.
You ready? Royce asked. For what? Turn around. Let’s go back-to-back and link arms.
There are still eight of us, Guy pointed out. Not exactly an even fight.I was thinking the same thing, Mauvin said. Sadly, there’s no one else here we can ask to join your side.Guy looked at Mauvin, t...
You came all this way for a whore? Albert asked, and Royce shot him a harsh look.Don’t call her that if you want to live a long and happy life, Hadrian said as they dismounted.But this is a whorehouse...
There wasn't any point in worrying about tomorrow. No one knew what it held - maybe nothing at all.
You should have woken me. I would have taken a shift at the tiller.We actually considered it when you started to snore.I don’t snore!I beg to differ, Hadrian chided while chewing.She looked around the...
There you are! he shouted at them. Father has half the castle turnedout looking for you.Us? Hadrian asked.Yes. Fanen nodded. He wants to see the two thieves in his chambersright away.You didn’t steal...
There, Hadrian said. Problem solved, and you aren’t wanted for murder. Isn’t that nice?It’s only nice not being wanted for murder if you’ve actually killed someone. Otherwise, what’s the point? Beside...
There’s doing what’s right, and there’s doing what’s safe. Most of the time you do what’s safe because doing different will get you dead for no good reason, but there are times when doing what’s safe...
You're not going to charge us for the tower, I hope, Hadrian said. But if you are, it was Royce's fault and should come out of his share.
They came to a bend in the road where it turned more west than north, and there at the turn was a squat fir tree that for the last quarter mile Hadrian had suspected might be a bear. Coincidentally, a...
They came with hardly a warning,thousands both beautiful and terrible;They came on brilliant white horseswearing shining gold and shimmering blue;They came with dragons and whirlwinds,and giants made...
They came with hardly a warning, Moya said. Hundreds pouring over the chasm, both beautiful and terrible, wearing shining gold and shimmering blue. With them came whirlwinds and giants. Nothing can st...
They left us for dead, didn’t they? We told them this would happen. We came all this way to try and save them. You’d think they’d have the decency to let us out when they saw we were right.Probably th...
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