A King's Caution Part Two

Raimie When I woke up on my twenty-second birthday, I was aware of the day’s significance, muc...

Raimie The study’s door banged open, and in the split second after it had, there was no separa...

Kylorian Sitting across from Besunthet, the mayor of Sotchal, I watched him talk and tap on hi...

Raimie I strode down the now familiar, eerie halls of the palace toward Eledis’ quarters, and ...

Raimie As Ren’s words absorbed into my shocked-to-stillness brain, I could swear time crawled ...

Eledis Most people assume that the person who holds the most power in a realm is the one who w...

Kylorian Well, I’d completely and totally messed that up.  Not that this was surprising. I’d ...

Kylorian   In the city proper, people milled about on the streets, forcing me to duck and dodge...

Rhylix   A powerful gust of wind knocked me sideways, lifting my feet off of the ground. Before...

Rhylix   As Little and I made our way toward town hall, the other soldiers reluctantly let me t...

Rhylix   When we stepped into the meeting room, several voices were clamoring to be heard, and ...

Rhylix   “Miranon?” I said, nudging the girl at Raimie’s side. “Why don’t you show him what you...

Rhylix An hour later, I trudged out of the village of scientists, making for a cluster of figu...

Raimie   Silently, I watched my friend climb a hill, on his way back to Qena. Sending him away ...

Raimie   Swallowing hard, I stared at the broken tear in front of me. “Wow,” I said with a dry...

Raimie, Rhylix   Raimie “—hope!” My shout was drowned out by the howl of the wind. Shivering,...

Middle   Even though it was only halfway through the morning, I was drained, and there was stil...

Middle   I found Eledis on the other side of the palace, but the old man wasn’t alone. Gistrick...

Middle “Ring!” I hissed. I glanced back as the door to her bedroom thumped closed behind us. ...

Middle   Taking fistfuls of Little’s jacket, I pulled him uncomfortably close to me. “You were...

Kylorian As I waited outside the room where Raimie had been taking his meetings for the last t...

Raimie   Kylorian had stopped talking, obviously waiting for my reply. Unfortunately, I was a l...

Kylorian   Around the corner and at the end of the hall, I waited with my back pressed into res...

Raimie   These damn robes were extraordinarily heavy. After Ring finished smoothing out an unse...

Raimie   When I accepted Shadowsteal’s offered grip, the world crawled to a stand-still, which ...

Raimie   I’d almost caught up when the stranger stopped, slumping. “I wondered if you’d detect...

Eledis   Why does the heart betray us so? Even when we know better, it returns, like a hopeless...

Rhylix   Getting Raimie into bed had required far too much pleading and cajoling, but somehow, ...

Rhylix   Raimie's monotone demand to leave his splinter be echoed in the room around me. I stop...

Wife, It is done. Our spy, our Emir, is in position, and I am become nothing more than an escort...

Raimie After a solid month of resting in bed, I was quite finished with lying around, thank yo...

Raimie When Nylion and I reached the gardens, the Sun was kissing the skyline. Thumb took up w...

Raimie   The journey was much shorter this time. In the last month, I’d made it many times when...

King of Auden   2nd of Fourth, 3476 Since my father’s death involved much more frothing at the...

King of Auden   11th of Third, 3478 Forget my doubts. Forget my bravado. The enemy is indeed a...

Rhylix   A Daevetch bolt streaked over my head at such a narrow margin that my hair rustled in ...

Raimie   Again, Nessaira attacked me with her tiny crossbow, so intent on the fight that she en...

Kylorian   When I stepped into headquarters, I was almost immediately ambushed by Larkspur, one...

Rhylix   The tavern that Ren and Raimie had chosen for tonight’s gathering was loud and boister...

Ring   To enter the ballroom was to step into a different time and a beautifully exotic place. ...

Ring   With the royals' announcement over, the musicians in their corner resumed the piece that...

Ring On drawing even with me, Oswin asked, “You don’t really think you need a sanction, do you...

Kylorian   I looked down at the woman on the ground in front of me, who was struggling to breat...

Raimie A picture of strife burned in my mind. The battlefield stretched beyond what I could se...

Raimie   Three days after my fight with Ren, the primeancer students and I stood on Nephiron’s ...

Raimie   I should be terrified. I should be running as fast as Ele would carry me away from thi...

Raimie I trudged into the fire’s vicinity. Retrieving strips of salted pork—a traveler’s stand...

Rhylix   ‘This is impossible.’ As I dazedly wandered down the streets of the city I’d once cal...

Rhylix   When I woke up surrounded by Ele, all I could do was lie still and stunned. “Huh,” I ...

Seer Drena, I thought you might like to learn where I am right now, although let’s be honest. Yo...

Raimie   “We’re going to die here, aren’t we?” Stone, intruding on all sides, muffled my quest...

King Eledis of Auden 18th of Seventh, 3484 My fears have proven true. The peace is over. My son...

Eledis   I told you to inspect that gifted horse with a fine-toothed comb! Now, your entire tea...

Eledis   Storming into the Ministers’ chamber, I roared, “All right, you lot! What’s so difficu...