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The Redemption of Erâth: Book Three, Chapter Twelve

Chapter Twelve: Talya’s Fate

 

Their journey continued onward and into the north, and for several days they passed through Hösland: gently rolling hills sparsely dotted with copses of wood here and there and very few folk between them. They paused when they reached Kyte-on-Farrowmill, stopping for the horses to rest and the guards to recuperate in one of the many inns (though Elven doubted recuperation was on their minds). Meanwhile, he and Gwendolyn wandered the town, she curious to see so small a town and he with an eye always on the folk around them.

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The Redemption of Erâth: Book Three, Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven: A New Illness

 

The conspiracy Elven had stumbled upon—namely, to poison the king’s daughter—was unfortunately deeper than just the cook who had been preparing Gwendolyn’s meals, and although he and several others had been arrested, even the threat of torture of death (much to Elven’s dismay) did not unravel the entirety of those responsible. Thus a tension was left over the king’s hall, and although Gwendolyn swiftly recovered and her meals were now prepared exclusively by her mother, the thought that the culprit was still about was disturbing.

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The Redemption of Erâth: Book Three, Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten: The Crossing of the World, Part II

 

There was a curious comfort to Brandyé in the cold snow and the warm fires of the fishing village. It was far from the glory and glass spires of Viura Râ, and the magic that seemed to abound there; doors opened at the turn of a handle rather than merely appearing when needed, and though their buildings’ heat came mostly from steaming iron pipes and not flame, there was such a flavor of old world to it that he felt very much at home. The great advancements of men, it seemed, did not spread equally across all the world of Erâth.

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