| He looked at his hands by starlight, at the slim... 593 |
[Feb. 5th, 2010|03:17 am] |
He looked at his hands by starlight, at the slim hands of the boy he had been, and then he covered his face with those hands for the second time in that Ember Night, and he wept as though his heart were breaking now and not broken long ago Elena reached the hill and began to climbShe was breathless from running but the slope was not steepMattio had grabbed her arm when she started to enter the riverHe had said it might mean death to be among the ruined lands after moonset, but Donar had told her it would be all right nowDonar had been unable to stop smiling since Baerd had made the shadow-figure withdrawThere was a stunned, |
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