I saw an open door at the other end of the little hall, and yellow light pouring from it.The light drew me more than anything. Straightening up, I crossed the hall. Inside the room Shevraeth sat at a...
I looked up--for he was half a head taller than I--into his gold-colored eyes, and though their expression was merely contemplative, and his manner mild, I felt my neck go hot. Turning away from that...
I had no conscious plan in mind, but it turned out I did not need one; when I reached the other side of the house, I glimpsed through a wall of vines a splendid terrace, and seated at a table on it wa...
I guess I am trying to tell you what you already seem to know--that the Merindars are going on the attack, with hired mercenaries from Denlieff. But--why do you want me to tell you when you already k...
He caught it one-handed, set it gently back in its place.I clenched my teeth together to keep from screaming.The Marquis stepped to the door, opened it. Please bring Lord Branaric here.Then he sat dow...
For the first time, I comprehended that love, at least for me, had nothing to do with sex.
Flauvic was standing by the middle window, one slim hand resting on a golden latch. I realized that one window panel was, in fact, a door, and that a person could step through onto the rocks that just...
Fall in lovewith heart, not head,to trouble you’re led.Fall in lovewith heart and mind,then true love you’ll find.
Except, what is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same. I realize now that what I wanted was comfort, but...
Do you have a welcome for me? Shevraeth said with a faint smile as he came leisurely up the steps and inside. Certainly, I said in a voice so determinedly polite it sounded false even to my own ears.
Despite Nee’s good intentions, there was no opportunity for any real converse with Elenet after that concert. Like Nee, Elenet had unexpectedly risen in rank and thus in social worth. If she’d been co...
Can you second-guess this Shevraeth? Branaric asked. He seems to be driving us back into our hills--to what purpose? Why hasn’t he taken over any of our villages? He knows where they lie--and he has t...
But after a time even my temper tantrums have to give way to rational thought, and I faced at last what ought to have been obvious from the very beginning: We’d lost because we were ignorant. And of t...
But I'll still be betrothed. Some fun if he's a snob, and most of those court boys are snobs. And what if Uncle says I have to live with the boy's family? At least if he joins ours, I can stick him in...
Branaric filled his glass again. So, what exactly is it you want from us?Alliance, Shevraeth said. How that will translate into practical terms is this: You withdraw to your home, to all appearances w...
Beyond those to another hall, with four doors--not woven doors, but real colorwood ones--redwood, bluewood, goldwood, greenwood--beautifully carved and obviously ancient.The servants opened one and bo...
Beyond the doors, the street and the gates were empty. The Hill Folk had vanished as mysteriously as they had come.A shuddering sigh of relief, not my own, brought my attention home and heartward. I s...
Because you showed one face to all the rest of the world, and another to me.
At sundown the next day there came a cough outside my room. Before I could speak, the tapestry swung aside as if swatted by an impatient hand, and there was Bran. Hah! he exclaimed, fists on his hips....
As I emerged onto a lovely brick-patterned street some of the noise I heard resolved into music. My steps turned automatically that way, and I saw an inn, its windows bright with golden light, its doo...