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Meet the humble scribe:On Twitter: @AEMarlingFacebook: AEMarling Contents:World MapChapter 1:Shadow Dress for those who love for those who love for those who love Saving lives terrified Celaise. The people she rescued would see her, and they would know what she wa... As jaws gnashed above Jerani's head, a nearing light gave him hope. He thought of his fellow warriors... From the corner of his eye he saw that the figure leaning closer carried no fire, and Jerani thought ... Celaise opened her eyes, and shadowy reflections of herself stared back from thousands of black mirro... A strip of warty clouds greased by overhead, yellowish-grey globs that bulged downward from the sky l... Worries swarmed over Celaise like fleas on a beggar. Itching, crawling, violating her every inch, too... First, though, she gazed down onto the savanna. The plains rippled in grey, speckled with lone trees,... A calabash gourd balancing on Jerani's head tipped. He cricked his neck backward, trying to steady th... A grey rock slid down the mossy ground, and he wondered. Either the dirt had shifted under his feet, ... Jerani trusted the Holy Woman, but he could not stop glancing at the summit of the Angry Mother. Whit... He said, “Doesn't smell like fresh grass, does it?” Crickets chirped their mad scream-song. She strained to hear the Feaster, and her nose pointed right ... Celaise revealed herself in her True Dress. At the start of a duel she often sent gusts whistling out... Jerani sweated under the midmorning sun, the muscles in his back and thighs pulsing and burning as he... “What're you doing?” Tachamwa ground the thorn to pulp with his war club. “Leaving it for anyone to s... Celaise had heard two great sounds in her life. “The Angry Mother's time!” One man thrust his spear toward the cinder cloud. Jerani's eyes opened at the sound of rain. A splattering everywhere of water. He heard it but could n... One messenger whipped around, and his ocher-spiked hair swung toward the oncoming Rock-Backs. He dash... “Please, let him live,” Jerani said through clenched teeth. His brother shrank before his eyes, turning into the gaunt figure of his mother. She had wasted away,... Celaise revealed herself in front of the Headless giant. Her arms outstretched in welcome as the thou... Celaise awoke with her ankle tied and trapped. She knew she had to act like an outcast, a beggar who had trudged onto the savanna out of desperation... The Holy Woman's scream jerked Jerani up from his doze. He scrambled to see her white head bobbing as... Jerani worried what the other Greathearts would think of him marrying so young. His father had not ma... The lightning burned purple lines inside Celaise's eyes. When the afterimage faded, the thunder hit h... A flavor of nervousness? She motioned him to rise, and when he sprang to his feet, two tendrils of his hair fell over his face... Lightning the color of ivy tinted the cows' fur a lime shade. Women hummed in a monotone behind the a... Yes, pain. She had Feasted enough to slam the Headless with burning, searing torment. Flames stabbed ... If any warrior clicked his tongue and made eyes at her again, Celaise would roast him. The Black Wine in her blood turned sour. The thought of the Bright Palm revolted her. She had believe... Jerani pushed himself up from his pallet, and his shoulder throbbed in hot aching bursts that spread ... “All people need to belong. Don't matter what they look like.” Celaise would Feast on Jerani first. Then on the rest of his tribe. I have such beautiful teeth. “I'm scared t-twice over.” Her breath heaved in and out with ragged, slurping sounds. “What if the Ro... Celaise lit the bracelet with a promise of death. She would Feast. She would kill. Smooth, even, perfect. They reached the camp. One warrior asked Jerani, “What were you doing out there? Trying to poison the... Celaise dug her fingers into the bull's back as it clopped into the Greatheart camp to sniff a cow's ... The baby cow squeaked a moo. The Sun Dragon's curse had pierced the basket, turning her days into caged misery. Celaise gagged on ... From the dust clouds kicked up by rolling backs, two chains of linked Headless wound their way to the... Celaise did not want to battle the giant centipede, not yet. The Black Wine numbed her to the first wave of pain. But she felt—oh yes, she felt—the cutting edge o... The Lord of the Feast shadowed the gorge. Celaise flopped onto her back, squinting up at his silhouet... “Isafo!” Tall Tachamwa pointed at his own head and made a thrusting motion. “If a Skin-Back gets me, ... Jerani dashed between the Rock-Backs, whirling around their lumbering charges. Celaise was swung abou... Jerani clung to the bull with his legs, fearing he would fly off on impact. The Rock-Backs were as ta... The first Headless ran from her burning scent. It trailed a gravy of fear that she slurped away. Celaise pirouetted and shoved her palms forward in a crackling blast of red. Tendrils of light thrash... Sashes of smoke vented from Celaise, and ribbons shredded the air around her, each ending in a knife ... The amount of darkness that flooded outward stunned Jerani. Thank you for reading
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