Chapter 2 - Forest The trees hid their fog beneath mighty branches. Vinter mist slithered between the trunks to blanket rotten leaves. Mountains caged the forest. Briarhaven, the grand orchard of Rhyla’s northwestern region. This land of magic held secrets. Secrets which often protected themselves. Cero awoke, soaked to the bone with cold mist. Coarse fur huddled against him. The muscled spook felt enormous gratitude suffuse him, almost as much as Lovail’s warmth. Mildew-tainted mist left his...

Part 1 - Arrival The Emerald Sea was smooth as glass and the Vinterfin mists clung to the water in fear they might glimpse the starlight above, or gods forbid the sunlight. Defiant cliffs climbed in the distance, dragged down by an oppressive cloak of fog. The vapor fled the full moon over the horizon, a glimmer of blue sky waited impatiently to strike down the cotton-covered world. A smuggler’s skiff silently pawed at the water while the mists hid her cargo from unwelcome eyes. Two men,...

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