Chapter 6 The two days of the wedding festivities were merry and joyful, but the third morning brought partings. It was then that Aila suddenly realised what it would mean to be away from Arenel, unable to reach his Perception. Aiel and Arentha had been amazed and delighted when their beautiful baby daughter had been …
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DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 7 Next morning they breakfasted with Thulin and his family, then gathered up their gear. Thulin asked Janir “You are going through the Westmost Narrows? Is that wise, Janir?” “It is the way we must take.” Janir said, with such an air of finality that the kindly Priest responded “Well, if you must, then …
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 8 They were ready now to set out for the Merchant Town, after their day’s enforced stay at the Faring House. They bade farewell to Cerrin, Fara, and their children, and mounted ready for the ride ahead. Aila was pleased to see that Marla seemed to be more comfortable riding now, no doubt helped …
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 9 When she woke, Aila could not remember what had happened, for a moment. Then she felt the tenderness of her throat, and her eyes flew open as memory returned. As she looked up, she found her father there, his eyes holding hers, his Perception meshing with hers to help her through the first …
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 10 The threatening Tides were over now, and they could leave for the Gatehouse. They mounted for the journey, Aiel and Arenel going first, Perceptions extended for any hint of Darkness, and the three Swordsmen last, the girls well-guarded in between. They bade farewell to the Priests of the Faring House and rode down …
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 11 When the kindly Healer had led Marla away, Mellin turned to Aiel in anxious enquiry. “Aiel – is Marla truly free? There is no danger to her from Si-Mara still?” Aiel smiled. “You saw for yourself, Mellin. She has attained Light, she is Changed. She is a Child of Light and of Li’is …
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 12 The next day Aiel and Lin began to talk about plans for the homeward journey, for now Lin was anxious to be back with Krystha again as her pregnancy advanced. Most of the others happily agreed, for they had wedding plans to make. For Arenel, though, the return journey meant only that every …
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 13 They spent the rest of that day, and the one following, resting from their journey, and enjoying time with their hosts, now that Marla’s Way had ended. Lin and Mellin, though, were still eager to return to the Mountain Fortress and Krystha, as the time for her to give birth grew ever nearer, …
DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS, SEED OF LIGHT
Chapter 14 The newly-weds spent a blissful few days at the Western Fortress, surrounded by friends and family, but then it was time to move on, with so much still to happen. Zohra would be returning to the Westerners’ Plateau with her parents, for a while, to join them later at the Fortress, bringing the …
AN END OF DARKNESS
Chapter 1 It was dark in the City, and in the great Temple of the One Light shadows settled between the columns and the benches. Only at the Temple’s heart, the Crucible, was there light. The Crucible flame burned tall and steady, and lanterns burned too, standing at the head and foot of the bier …
Chronicles of Li'is 