Melanie Card

Kaelyn held her breath. She’d dreamed of Wyndham asking her to go with him, leave their lives, and be together from the moment she knew she could never have him.
“Where are you going?” she asked, certain he could hear her heart racing.
“North.”
A chill filled her. She didn’t want to go north. North [...]

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Mac gasped against the pain in his chest and staggered under Gerid’s weight. It was just a little farther to the healing tents, but he didn’t know if it would do any good. Blood caked Gerid’s temple and ran down his neck, soaking into his borrowed leather jerkin, while more seeped from the [...]

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Kaelyn, Wyndham, and a dozen knights rounded another curve in the pass of Gentle Crossings. They’d traveled hard to get there as fast as they could, but the roar rumbling around them said they haven’t arrive in time.
“The battle’s begun,” said Wyndham. He spurred his horse into a gallop.
“Wyndham, wait.” Kaelyn urged [...]

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Talar rolled over on his bed, but couldn’t find a comfortable position. Mac hadn’t spent long with the Divine Voice and elders, and the preparations were well underway. There was nothing left for Talar to do but get rest. But he couldn’t get his thoughts to still. They kept whirling around [...]

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Moonlight glinted off a dozen blades, surrounding Mac.
Shit.
“You’re out numbered,” said the soldier Mac had disarmed.
Mac shrugged. “Not a problem.”
The soldier snorted. “Not even you can defeat all of us.”
“You really want to kill a national hero?”
The man glanced at the others beside him. Guess he hadn’t thought of that.
“If it comes [...]

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Harcourt riffled through the parchment on the war table in his tent.
“Where is it?” He slammed the documents down and glared at Mac.
Mac kept his mouth shut. This wasn’t the first time Harcourt had lost his temper, and Mac doubted it would be the last. He’d left a trail of mutilated bodies, [...]

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Kaelyn stood. She guessed the sneer and the overdramatic drawing of his weapon was supposed to scare her. Foolish man. She’d just realized she could never have the man she loved. There wasn’t much else to live for at the moment.
“I’ve had a really long day.” She dropped her hand [...]

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Clouds hung an ominous grey, threatening, but not giving, more rain. Which was a relief from the constant drizzle since they’d left the sorcerer’s house. Kaelyn’s clothes were damp and itchy and her feet hurt. She snorted. With all the walking she’d done, she would have thought she’d be used to [...]

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Kaelyn woke with Wyndham’s arms wrapped around her. Pale morning light streamed through the window and the feel of his body pressed against her drew a tingling heat over her. But the sensation of peace was deceptive. Cat wasn’t a cat, but a spy, just like Aric hadn’t really been a friend [...]

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Talar crested the final rise of the pass of Gentle Crossings and stopped to catch his breath with Bledig, Jillyn, and Gerid. He’d returned to Carthway twice in one year. This was becoming a habit he hadn’t wanted to develop. A really bad habit.
With the festival over, the city should have been [...]

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