In celebration of its book birthday, the next few weeks will feature a few lines from Fire and Amulet. First up, an excerpt using the BQW word "Ahead."
To set the stage, Trelleir leaves his home ahead of the anticipated attack by the Head Slayer and the conscripted men of Darceth. He doesn't leave by the front door, but after sealing his home against intruders, takes Deneas on a hidden escape route through an underground labrynth.
No sense of day or night existed in the darkness of the tunnels. Deneas lost sense of time. Ahead of her, Trelleir walked in silence with only the soft scuff of leather on stone or the drip of water to break the deathly quiet. Her entire being submerged into nothing but the bright spot that was Trelleir’s torch. When they emerged from one tunnel to cross a valley to a hole in another mountain, the same blackness, both of the soul and the moonless sky weighed down their steps.Whether the tons of stone above them magnified Trelleir’s thoughts, or the darkness that surrounded them sharpened her focus, Deneas swore she heard the unspoken maelstrom of his mind. She knew when he stepped around a rock that would trip the unwary or across a rivulet that would send a person sliding into a bottomless pit.
Having a slayer as a friend is dangerous when you’re a dragon.
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Very mysterious, Helen - especially the last comment. Is one of these two characters a dragon?
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it. Trelleir is a true dragon, but he can use his magic to be human. And at this point, Deneas doesn't know his true self.
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ReplyDeleteShe knew when he stepped around a rock that would trip the unwary or across a rivulet that would send a person sliding into a bottomless pit. Love this passage. Dragon ? Shifter? huh? Thanks for sharing!
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