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I woke to a strong aroma, making me sneeze. I heard a crash!, then a stream of unidentifiable words. I found Eliralim in the kitchen leanin
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She did not wake until the second evening. I had fallen asleep on the couch, the hum of the still night still ringing in my ears. Sometime later I was in that half awake, half
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Fleet feet. Quick thoughts. I mustn't stop, can't. No, no time to breath. I must be quick to finish it. Never. Never fail.
I woke to a co
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It was a typical night at the Short Limb Saloon. All of the regulars were present, whooping and whistling at the girls working that night. From outside the windows were lit in
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Five children, a hard thing to take care of. My three sons, Tyrannious, Fwerge, and Lampare were all wild. Haje watched over them with his father hawk eye, while I took care of
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Our wedding day. The whole village stood around the newly constructed water fountain. Yuri and I had worked fervently on my dress. It was a light pink. Not a very long gown, I
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We finished the house. We weren't the first to finish, but certainly not the last either. Haje and I looked up at our handy work in awe. If someone would have asked me if I cou
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Haje wasn't himself after the fire. The whole village had been attacked. An ambush. No one was certain who or why the ambush had taken place, but the word, Vamp rang out throug
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I taught Yuri how to braid Fyre's hair. Fyre was now about two. I had stayed with Haje, Yuri and Fyre for almost a year now. Haje and I had not told anyone of our love. It was
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The sun peeked out of the trees. I yawed and stretched, a little stiff. Haje still held tight to my waist, even in his sleep. I slowly slipped out of his grasp. I wanted to fin
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I woke to the angry cries of young men. I peeked out my window, torches were held high in their hands. I heard glass shatter. Mama's room had been the target. I heard her moan
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The trees closed in around us. It was all so...mysterious, and inviting. I heard water crashing against rocks somewhere. I heard wild cries of strange birds; screeching from li
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The next morning our cell door opened. The guard that had been watching our door motioned us out with the sweeping of his beefy hands. "You are free to go"
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Even though I knew as I slept Haje was cooking up a plan to get us out, I felt hopeless, that it was all my fault. Why hadn't I just listened to Haje? My dreams were haunted
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Haje and I had ridden through the entire night to get to Vamp. Farvar was tired and Haje's ladis was as well. The sun rose, staining the heavens blood red. "Please let me d
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I was able to get up and moving once again in a few days time. My wounds were nothing fatal, and they would mend nicely. Somehow I knew that it was up to me if I wanted this un
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I rode into the village, the early sun on my back just as Gali had said I would. The houses were run down, some half burnt. Not a person could be found. It was eerily quiet, ma
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I heard a man roar out in triumph, maybe more of a battle cry. His sword sang out into the night as he unsheathed it. The blade gleamed copper in the in the darkness. He fought
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It had been three days since Farvar and I had set off on my journey of finding myself. My food bag had been empty since last night, and I had run out of water this morning. I h
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Kalona, Denai's mother welcomed me with a big heart and a warm smile. I hadn't seen her in ages. Life had been good to her. Her hair had traces of gray, a line here, and a line
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I lay on the dirty ground sobbing uncontrollably. My hair in tangles, my head pounding and everything slowly focusing. Everyone finally mulled away. I was glad to be alone. But
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Epilogue Rachel and I started out a new life. We didn't move, I had learned to love this old house; learned to love sitting on our creaky old swing on the old porch, paint p
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I had asked her to marry me over a somewhat romantic dinner of macaroni and cheese. I had really made it, not from a box. My heart was in my throat, I could feel it pounding. I
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I woke up in my bed, how I got there I couldn't remember. She was standing over me. I looked at her a little surprised. None of this made sense to me. "What happened?" I as
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I threw things left and right. Boxes lay everywhere, my apartment a cluttered mess. I didn't have a clue where I would go now, what would happen to Rachel and I. The landlord h
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