Phoenix Rising
“She had been walking all that time, forcing herself not to look.
But just once . . .
She had come a very long way; the Great Road here was as smooth as a ballroom floor, with just enough added roughness to be an ideal surface for walking or riding, and she had long strides. Zarathanton was now sinking below the horizon, only the tallest spires visible now, with the rolling hills of the landscape and her distance coming between her and the high walls of the city. She could see the bright lines of the Dragon’s Palace shining in the sun, but to the north she could only see the Forest Sea; it was cut back from the Road, a full ten miles on either side, but the road curved and the Forest Sea was high and dark, a bulwark of green that filled the entire center of the continent.
She turned away, feeling as though she was swallowing a ball of ash. You silly! You’ve hardly been there a few days!
But that wasn’t it. She was leaving her family behind, leaving Urelle who wouldn’t know where she’d ...gone for days, long enough that she could be convinced not to try and follow.MoreLess
But just once . . .
She had come a very long way; the Great Road here was as smooth as a ballroom floor, with just enough added roughness to be an ideal surface for walking or riding, and she had long strides. Zarathanton was now sinking below the horizon, only the tallest spires visible now, with the rolling hills of the landscape and her distance coming between her and the high walls of the city. She could see the bright lines of the Dragon’s Palace shining in the sun, but to the north she could only see the Forest Sea; it was cut back from the Road, a full ten miles on either side, but the road curved and the Forest Sea was high and dark, a bulwark of green that filled the entire center of the continent.
She turned away, feeling as though she was swallowing a ball of ash. You silly! You’ve hardly been there a few days!
But that wasn’t it. She was leaving her family behind, leaving Urelle who wouldn’t know where she’d ...gone for days, long enough that she could be convinced not to try and follow.MoreLess
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