“Darona’s face bore the pinched, taut look and shadowed eyes of someone constantly in pain, but the lack of lines suggested she was younger than Jesral had first thought; middle-aged, fifty at the very most. ‘You make an uncommonly fine… — Helen Bell Copy Share Image
“Will you be bringing that outspoken maid of yours?’ ‘Tela? Yes. If I come.’ ‘She makes me nervous. I can’t read her.’ ‘Nor can… — Helen Bell Copy Share Image
“To be different is a lonely thing, and she has been lonely for such a long time. What she does frightens people, and she… — Helen Bell Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry,’ she told him finally, because there was nothing else to say. His dazed expression slowly turned to a frown, but not of… — Helen Bell Copy Share Image
“Vel took both of her hands and stepped backwards on to the gangplank. ‘No!’ she squealed, pulling him back on to the quay. ‘What?’… — Helen Bell Copy Share Image
“Renia, tell me: does the thought of dying scare you?’ He asked softly, and with such concern in his voice, that it all welled… — Helen Bell Copy Share Image
“Darona’s face bore the pinched, taut look and shadowed eyes of someone constantly in pain, but the lack of lines suggested she was younger… — Helen Bell Copy Share Image
