So far, it has been uneventfully eventful.... Got the truck from the U-Haul drop off and pick up point, drove it, loaded it, slept, got up on Saturday morning and left about 9:30. About 11 o'clock my brother and I were going through the toll booths for I-90 in Albany, and when we started from the toll booths the truck it was not responding to helm properly, in that seemed to rev but not move as...

Marivon wondered where Trancy had gone. She had appeared in the dance hall with Gavinar, looked around in astonishment and horror, cried out to leave then the pair had disappeared. They were gone. She thought that she could feel Gavinars presence. She thought that she could sense his direction. Putting those two items together, Marivon thought, she is probably somewhere north of here, far...

Trancy woke. No sunlight tinged the lids of her eyes with the redness of dawn or even the paleness that indicates twilight. Cracking her eyes against the sleep that had accumulated she tried to gain a glimpse of her surroundings. When the stubborn lids parted there was no more information about the time of day or where she was. If I were in my bed, She thought, Either the moonlight,...

aQtwa Hachtu was pacing about the room, wishing for the tiniest bit of the eloquence he was known for. What could you have been thinking? Migdula demanded, her eyes set in a desperate, furious scowl. Why destroy this peaceful, serene existence that we have both worked so hard to achieve? That is what you will do if you continue with this. Tell the Brothers you will not do this. We dont want the...

The indefinite line of predawn murk was chased across the sky as the sun rose on the first day of spring in the coastal city of Merebon. Restless in anticipation of the shift change, the night watch was starting to fidget when an alarm from the high tower ripped through the misty half-light of dawn. Ships! At least twenty ships rounding the point! Sound general quarters! Gazing intently...

Night was falling as the three made their way towards the hall for the Spring Dance. I cant wait to get my hands on some of Bevs fresh rolls and roast mutton, Nocs said with a gleam in his eyes, and some of her pie. I just wish the berries were ripe now. They approached the hall and were greeted by Marivon. She had changed her clothing to the dress of the Spring Mistress. Dark blue and golden...

The sun was still high in the sky as Temon emerged from the hall. So there you are. I have made us a lunch. We can go What is wrong, Temon? Trancy asked, You look as if you swallowed a sour pickle and it got stuck halfway down. Temon just looked at her, unsure where to start. He, I, and the rest of the F F Damn it! the rest of us got tri tri Oh, One World! They really did it to us, didnt...

Yes, said aQtwa, That is my name. And you, aQtwa, did come freely before the Tainver and did acknowledge and enumerate your sins as adultery, greed, thievery, and drunkenness of the body and the spirit? the Highest of the High Brethren intoned from his seat, almost like a barrister reading a list of charges. Yes. Indeed I did, replied aQtwa. He would have proffered an explanation, but...

Bial looked questioningly at Marivon as she moved across the floor of the hall, a slight sheen of perspiration just beginning to form on her brow. Marivons thoughts ran roughly in the same direction as the instructors. How powerful could one individual be? He had ripped her out of the hall to some place miles away. If he could create and impose the patterns without realizing he was doing it....

In the city of Darmon, High Prayer was being called. aQtwa, pleased at the opportunity affirm his devotion to the One True God, Mondiasalo, set aside the ancient texts of Rahc and went out into the small courtyard attached to his study. Since his rebirth to faithfulness, aQtwa had been revitalized, becoming involved in the activities of the sanctuary and the community. Sitting on the...

On the day before, the decorations for the Spring Dance had been arranged by the oldest members of the council. Fresh cut spring flowers, the first to poke their green stems out from the still snowy ground had been gathered ceremoniously along with green bows of spruce and hemlock and arranged in special patterns and bouquets. The windows that ran along the tops of the walls had been...

After Temon finished sorting the threads for the days weaving, he headed for the house and readied himself for the meeting to be held in advance of the nights festivities. The town was located at a convenient hopping off point for hunters heading into the mountains for game and for sport. Consequently, the towns only inn was large and prosperous. A crowd, or at least what would be considered a...