Priests of the Field - chapter 15
Cernunnos and Aran's game in the sea-cave lasted a little over an hour, by Raguel's reckoning, and to be fair to the two, it did grow pleasant enough over time. It was good to feel those muscles used again. Raguel had not fought, or struggled, or done...
Priests of the Field - chapter 08
In the Tavern (for you), the light was lower than the waning sun outside. There were around a dozen candles - two along the bar, one on each table, and two before the bottles of spirits behind the bar. The first thing Raguel noticed as his eyes...
Priests of the Field - chapter 11
The wine didn't make Nub speak more, but it didn't make him cry or scream either, and Raguel judged his decision to be correct. The pair walked for many hours in an increasingly comfortable silence. The pleasant coolness of the cave and the softening...
Priests of the Field - chapter 09
They went to bed, which was in a small room just by the library. It was a messy little space, and books and candlewax spilled over everything. Crawling along the ceiling and walls, Bochi cleared a space enough for two people on the bed with his long...
Priests of the Field - chapter 10
Bochi's smiles were all catalogued, now, and Raguel knew the feeling behind each one, and behind each of his movements. The mask-like 'plate' over his eyes, which never blinked or narrowed, was no longer a hindrance. This was a mixed blessing....
Priests of the Field - chapter 12
The complicated gates of the castle were usually open, since the wide chasm between it and the lake at the base of the cave worked as an effective enough guard. It was possible for invaders to climb the hills the cavern filled, and find castle openings...
Priests of the Field - chapter 14
Something clamped inside the door as Raguel closed it. Here was another wide, circular hall with a transparent roof, like the theatre, but the moonlight reaching Raguel was dappled. The walls of the hall, all the way up, were lined with a...
Priests of the Field - chapter 13
Raguel saw nothing. He could feel that he was no longer in the castle proper. Ged's hand covered his face, his palm thick with hair. Raguel could feel a breeze against his body, and he could hear the rivers below them, flowing into that...