“Don’t worry, Fallon,” I say, careful not to look at her, struggling to keep my voice even. “Maybe your tailor can make… — 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, Elloren Gardner, is… — Laurie Forest Education 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
“Thank you for playing,” I say with honest gratitude. He places an arm casually on the top of the piano, leaning into… — Laurie Forest Gratitude 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
“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
“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
“Then the air around us goes quiet again, and we rise, trembling, to our feet. My heart lurches as I take in… — Laurie Forest Sunsets 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 Better life 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 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
“The Gardnerian’s mouth is pressed into a thin, hard line as she deliberates, the ticking of the clock on the wall reverberating… — 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
“turn to find out who my savior at the piano is, and my breath hitches when I see him. He is, by… — Laurie Forest Green eyes 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
“My face blanches. “Kill her?” Shane’s expression turns pained. “She didn’t just give birth to an Icaral, Elloren. They believe she’s given… — 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 Black hair 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 Next week Copy Share Image
“We've both moved through insurmountable odds, and yet here we are, improbably alive. Sipping cocoa.” — Laurie Forest Insurmountable odds 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
“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 Five years 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 Sun set Copy Share Image
“I think about how many things my aunt and the others tried to warn me about. It’s just as it says in… — Laurie Forest 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 Dark hair Copy Share Image
