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Chapter 4: Loose Ends East–west rows of bright gray clouds were all that was visible in the sky, moving northward with the wind, which was steadily pushing against Zaralle’s front as if attempting to impede her flight. The orange, red and yellow leaves of the trees along the sides of the trail bene...

Chapter 3: Contrasting Colors Those latches are going to break if that wind keeps up. As if in mocking, another gust shook the semicircular window in the far wall. The ragged bits of snow that the wind heaved against its exterior, lighted by the fireplace in the wall right of it, looked like candle...

Chapter 2: A Battered Helmet Umadra glanced upward and glared: The sun above him blazed amid the cloudless cyan sky. He had been standing here since dawn and would remain for as many hours again; it would only get hotter before he could rest his feet—and it was hot . He raised his leather-gauntlete...

This is Zaralle's biography. Additional chapters (moments in Zaralle's life as experienced by various point-of-view characters) will be posted. Chapter 1: A Lynx and an Owl Hadar thrust down his fork, reverse gripped, into one of the many green beans on his plate without intent to eat it; father ex...