Category Archives: Book 5

Nineteen – 05

The door creaked softly as Sif pushed it open and Neve followed close on the warrior’s heels as the other woman turned up the wick on a lamp left near the door. Thordin lay in front of them, stretched out … Continue reading

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Nineteen – 04

“How long has it been since you slept?” Neve asked softly. “Really truly slept?” “I don’t know.” Sif closed her eyes. “I don’t know, Neve. A long time ago, I think. Maybe too long. I feel so guilty, like this … Continue reading

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Nineteen – 03

The wind began to howl that afternoon, the sky slowly edging toward black as the minutes passed. Neve watched the dark, heavy clouds roll in, shivered as the wind picked up even more, as if the gale was determined to … Continue reading

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Nineteen – 02

Seamus sighed, staring after her. She was right. She was always right about this kind of thing—he knew that from experience. Would that their father had listened to her more often than he had. Perhaps the world they lived in … Continue reading

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Nineteen – 01

“Shadowspawn.” Seamus sighed, nodding. Neve’s voice was flat and her expression was dark—darker than he’d ever seen it. That didn’t bode well for him at all and he knew it. “How far out where you?” Neve asked. She’d dragged him … Continue reading

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Eighteen – 07

Marin was shaking when she finally came up for air and Thom wrapped his arms around her, holding her tightly against his chest, willing that shaking to ease and knowing that he wouldn’t let her go until it did. “We’re … Continue reading

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Eighteen – 06

She didn’t take him to see Jacqueline like he’d expected. Marin took him home. His wife lit the lamp near their bed and locked the door, turning toward him in the flickering of the kerosene lamp’s flame. “Take off your … Continue reading

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Eighteen – 05

Cameron and Seamus trailed behind them, both still on horseback, leaving Thom to bring up the rear, leading his mount and J.T.’s back home again. He cast another glance toward the patch of blood in the snow and grimaced. What … Continue reading

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Eighteen – 04

There was blood in the snow near the border of their settlement. Thom spotted it as they come up from the bridge. His stomach flipped right over and he slid from his saddle, heart in his throat. I knew it … Continue reading

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Eighteen – 03

They rode in silence up the old roadway that led to the back side of campus, past the barrow where they’d buried the dead, then up the hill toward the battered, snow-shrouded Shakespeare Garden. Seamus reined up his mount just … Continue reading

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