Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies.
Because your heart will be hammered against him, and your strength will be tempered in his fire.
It was inside me. The more I sought it, the stronger it grew. It loved me. Loved me even if I couldn't, wouldn't, didn't love myself. Love me even if I hated. It set its tiny teeth in my soul and brac...
The King's tool. I see.' An oppression settle over me. My brief glimpse of blue skies arching over yellow roads and me travelling down them astride Sooty suddenly vanished. I thought of the hounds in...