“Reluctantly, I say my goodbyes to Echo and follow behind Aislinn, trying my best to ignore the Kelt, Yvan Guriel, as he… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Real education doesn't make your life easy. It complicates things and makes everything messy and disturbing. But the alternative...is to live your… — Laurie Forest Education Copy Share Image
“It’s hard, isn’t it?” he asks, his own voice breaking. “To have a mind that strays outside the lines?” I” — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“People see what they expect to see,” he says sharply. “Through a filter of their own hatred and prejudice.” — Laurie Forest Hatred Copy Share Image
“We've both moved through insurmountable odds, and yet here we are, improbably alive. Sipping cocoa.” — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“He’s quite lovely. But...a tad inflexible in his views. Life doesn’t flow in such rigid lines, my dear, as much as we… — Laurie Forest Inflexible Copy Share Image
“This Yvan Guriel doesn’t even know me, I lament, glaring resentfully at him out of the corner of my eye. He has… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“The woods are beautiful. They’re my friends, the trees, and I can feel them smiling down at me. I” — Laurie Forest Smiling Copy Share Image
“When they painted Heretics on our barn and set fire to it, I thought that was the worst it could get. Until… — Laurie Forest Heretics Copy Share Image
“Professor Hawkkyn’s star eyes sweep coldly over our side of the room. They catch on me and bore in. Recognition lights, like… — Laurie Forest Astronomy Copy Share Image
“turn to find out who my savior at the piano is, and my breath hitches when I see him. He is, by… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“carefully secure the violin, tuck my music under one arm, force myself to my feet and purposefully walk out to meet my… — Laurie Forest Comfortable shoes Copy Share Image
“Shane’s hand is grasped around a crystal cup tightly as if he’s trying to decide whom to throw it at. He’s shorter… — Laurie Forest Fighter Copy Share Image
“Real education doesn’t make your life easy. It complicates things and makes everything messy and disturbing. But the alternative, Elloren Gardner, is… — Laurie Forest Education Copy Share Image
“What do you hunt with, then?” I ask. She fixes her wild amber eyes on me. “My teeth.” She smiles widely, displaying… — Laurie Forest Amber eyes Copy Share Image
“But my eyes are quickly drawn away from the wand to her hand. It’s covered with deep, bloody lash marks that continue… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Four military guards, real-life versions of Emmet and Brennan’s toys, sit eating some food. They’re strapping soldiers, dressed in black tunics with… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Now,” he says silkily, “what’s this about your never having been kissed?” I open my mouth to say something. To let him… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“I’ll tell you what,” he bargains, amused. “There’s a dance every Yule at University. You go with Gareth, and I’ll ask Aislinn… — Laurie Forest Brother Copy Share Image
“That’s nothing,” Paige says, eyes wide. “You should see what else she can do. She’s a Level Five Mage. One of the… — Laurie Forest Enemies Copy Share Image
“I am Gardnerian. As such, I’m barely tolerated here, stranded in a sea of Kelts, allowed to exist only because my aptitude… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Vyvian,” my uncle persists, “I’ve made up my mind about this. I’m not going to change it.” Silence. “Very well.” My aunt… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“My aunt doesn’t seem surprised by this. She fixes me with the type of look adults use when they are about to… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“pause, tent flap in hand, and turn back to them. “And just so you both know, I’ve read Aughnot and Ellerson and… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“So quiet. So safe. I peer out into the distance, past the garden where the twins were playing, past the Gaffneys’ farmland… — Laurie Forest Birds Copy Share Image
“It’s like he goes out of his way to be just like the Urisk. The Kelts. It’s...it’s not right. We’re supposed to… — Laurie Forest Dark world Copy Share Image
“Promise me that you won’t leave school to apprentice with the Mage Council, no matter how much your aunt pressures you.” I… — Laurie Forest Education Copy Share Image
“Come to the Yule dance with me,” he says. “I don’t know what that is.” “It’s a dance held every Yule at… — Laurie Forest Dance Copy Share Image
“You will not be able to shelter her forever,” my aunt insists. “What will happen when you are gone someday, and all… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“raise my eyebrows, relieved to finally be meeting someone outside Fallon’s social circle. I extend my hand to her. “I’m Elloren Gardner.”… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Thank you for playing,” I say with honest gratitude. He places an arm casually on the top of the piano, leaning into… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Tessla? Are you all right?” “He’s sick,” I choke out, the floodgates suddenly flung wide open, a storm of emotion coursing through… — Laurie Forest Hot tea Copy Share Image
“The very human-looking, terrified eyes of the young woman are burned into my mind. “What are they?” I ask, still shaken. “They’re… — Laurie Forest Full moon Copy Share Image
“And I do, in fact, know how to read.” I look to Fain. “Are you familiar with The Realm Apothecarium?” “Y-yes, of… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“I run my finger along the textured silk. “It’s so beautiful.” “Salishen silk,” Mage Florel says reverently. “From the Salishen Isles. They’re… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“I stare at him, feeling as if I’m caught in a surreal scene. The son of the Black Witch, as wildly intimidating… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“There are assorted side characters, too: the beautiful Gardnerian maidens with their long black hair; wicked Lupine shapeshifters—half-human, half-wolf; green-scaled Snake Elves;… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Gareth is a few years older than me at twenty, broad and sturdy with dark green eyes and black hair like the… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“Then the air around us goes quiet again, and we rise, trembling, to our feet. My heart lurches as I take in… — Laurie Forest Dragons Copy Share Image
“There it is. Chemistrie. Professor Astrid Volya. I glance back over at Andras. “What’s her son like?” I wonder. “He’s quiet,” Aislinn… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
