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Chapter 18: The Crown Above the Peak
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A Marriage of Swords Chapter 31: The Three Paths: Stone
Chapter 31: The Three Paths: StoneLeigh saw it in Makil immediately. The last remnants of the defensive frost were gone from his eyes, replaced by a calm, deep certainty. He saw the change in her, too—the predatory sharpness was still there, but tempered now by a conscious awareness, a sense of wider connection.“You heard it,” she said, not a question.“I saw it,” he replied. “You?”
A Marriage of Swords Chapter 30: The Three Paths: Flow
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A Marriage of Swords Chapter 29: The Three Paths: Growth
Chapter 29: The Three Paths: GrowthThey split at the mouth of the pass, the rising sun casting long, distorted shadows. The air was brittle with cold and urgency.Duncan led Makil and Rykker north towards the source of the Black River, the Path of Flow. He set a brutal pace on a trail only a goat or a clansman could see, winding up into the barren, wind-scoured highlands. The silence was profound, broken only by the crunch of shale underfoot and the rasp of their breath.“This spring,” Makil asked between gulps of
A Marriage of Swords Chapter 28: Old Powers
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A Marriage of Swords Chapter 27: The Pilgrimage
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A Marriage of Swords Chapter 26: The Hidden Text
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