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“Of course, you’re my friend, more than most can say, Gabriela.” She sensed the sincerity in his voice and was moved by the warmth that radiated from him. It was a bittersweet sensation – the regard in which he held her. She couldn’t help but wonder if in all the whole wide world there was only...

“The council is dealing with a rebel group of fledglings that are rising up against them. They believe that the old ways should be demolished.” Her incessant need to know everything had managed to pull Justus back from the jaws of abandonment -- her abandonment. He didn’t leave as a result and...

“I ran into Jager near the kitchen, I heard him giving the kitchen maids a little hell.” He grinned and it was utterly infectious -- she grinned right back at him with all of the mischievous glee of a very naughty child. It was utterly unheard of, such expressions taking residence upon the...

This wasn’t the sort of place where one had to dress properly to move about the manor. There was an ease and warmth to the space, to the service staff, and of course, to the master of the estate. Things were peaceful here and without the strain and difficulties that came with duty or pretense...

Lucis crouched low near the water's edge. With elbows on knees, and balancing on the balls of his booted feet, he peered up through tendrils of silver-white hair that fell across his forehead and over his eyes. But there was little to see. The misty exterior of the dense forest didn’t give away...

Gabriela awoke just as the sun dipped beneath the horizon and her bedroom was plunged into a more profund darkness than what had been achieved with the heavy light-blocking drapes that hung, tightly shut, over her windows. And it was in this settling darkness, within the safety of her warm room...

She arrived back at the cottage just as the sun rose to its highest point in the sky. There was a light sheen of sweat on her brow, but she did away with it by swiping at her forehead with the back of her sleeve. The heat of the day and the rising moisture of the forest ground had left her...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2e/49/24/2e4924b92e5e12fb789d40ce07dba67b.jpg She happened upon a patch of wildflowers and stopped to examine what was growing. There was a small mat of red clover, which she pulled by the root. It took some care, but she managed to clean off all the little clumps...