L. J. Amber

TEWWBAD Chapter 58

CHAPTER 58 – Her Reflection

Rather than leave immediately – and having sat alone with herself for quite long enough – Saphienne went out to look for Laewyn and Iolas,...

TEWWBAD Chapter 57

CHAPTER 57 – She Who Made the Desert Bloom

No deep conversation followed when the three apprentices arrived at Celaena’s house; they were all too tired and shaken by th...

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TEWWBAD Chapter 56

CHAPTER 56 – Struck From History

The wizard led his apprentices out of his parlour and into the night, shutting and locking the door behind them with an arcane gesture. H...

TEWWBAD Chapter 55

CHAPTER 55 – What Elves Won’t Speak About

The next morning Saphienne was quieter than usual, and she could tell Celaena had assumed she was in another bad mood from the...

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TEWWBAD Chapter 54

CHAPTER 54 – The Substance of Change

After the apprentices had finished their lesson – ending by meditating on a pointedly realistic hallucination of a lavende...

TEWWBAD Chapter 53

CHAPTER 53 – Illusory Progression

On the fifth morning of her introductory lessons, Saphienne was surprised to find her mother awake, bathed, and dressed when she descend...

TEWWBAD Chapter 52

CHAPTER 52 – All Related in Time

“Choice,” Iolas said, quite timidly. “We haven’t really considered choice.”

Sat beside him in their classroom, Saphienne ...

TEWWBAD Chapter 51

CHAPTER 51 – What Is and Isn’t

Rain was lightly falling when Saphienne emerged from her family home — and she nearly walked right into Iolas and Celaena, where they w...

TEWWBAD Chapter 50

CHAPTER 50 – To Live in Denial

They wandered the shore of the lake for an hour, Iolas listening as Saphienne recounted – in exacting detail – almost everything she ha...

TEWWBAD Chapter 49

CHAPTER 49 – Icons of Devotion

Sleep refreshed Saphienne, so much so that she woke up alert and angry. Quite why she was irate was a mystery to her as she lay comfortably...

TEWWBAD Chapter 48

CHAPTER 48 – Here Be Dragons

In contrast with her journey to the shrine, Saphienne thought about very little on her way back to the village. Her head ached and her limbs ...

TEWWBAD Chapter 47

CHAPTER 47 – To Take Arms

When Saphienne finally resurfaced, she felt warm and caring hands tracing gently across her brow. She lay wherever she was and let herself be so...

TEWWBAD Chapter 46

CHAPTER 46 – All Ecstasies

Whereas the priest and the spirit had wandered away from Saphienne amicably, with ease befitting a close friendship, when they concluded their ...

TEWWBAD Chapter 45

CHAPTER 45 – The Bones of Her World

Within the grassy grounds of the shrine to Our Lord of the Endless Hunt, Saphienne sat before the sacred icon in sudden dread. She dar...

TEWWBAD Chapter 44

CHAPTER 44 – Suspended in Prelude

Here, now, we climb toward the mysteries that have been conspicuous by their absence in this tale. You are not an elf, and so you have a...

TEWWBAD Chapter 43

CHAPTER 43 – Managed Perceptions

Morning sunlight cheerfully shone down through the trees, its warmth incongruous with the sudden chill Saphienne felt as Taerelle stepped...

TEWWBAD Chapter 42

CHAPTER 42 – Entwined by Blood

“…To the letter, Saphienne.” Almon tapped lightly on her head with his staff. “Not merely the letter: you must follow ever...

TEWWBAD Chapter 41

CHAPTER 41 – Entwined by Choice

Whereas Hyacinth had previously infused Saphienne with false calm, now the possessing spirit imparted rising panic — the snow that glitt...

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TEWWBAD Chapter 40

CHAPTER 40 – Her Necessary Intervention

Saphienne had no doubt: she was in trouble.

She sat – now pretending to meditate – in the parlour with the two senior ap...

TEWWBAD Chapter 39

CHAPTER 39 – Portents Unveiled in Black

For the second time in the same day, Saphienne was woken by her window rattling.

She yawned as she sat up, ears sweeping dow...

TEWWBAD Chapter 38

CHAPTER 38 – Darkling Rambling

Without the stability that Hyacinth had provided, Saphienne immediately felt the tumultuous emotions within herself growing in passion and ...

TEWWBAD Chapter 37

CHAPTER 37 – A Field With the Sun in Her Eyes

At the boundary between Saphienne and the spirit, where Saphienne stood on the steps of her mind’s library and the spirit ...

TEWWBAD Chapter 36

CHAPTER 36 – The First Brush of Spring

Despite the story of what had once been her favourite book, and despite the events that had soured her love for it, Saphienne had never actually see...

TEWWBAD Chapter 35

CHAPTER 35 – Those Whom the Gods …

Saphienne knew she was dying.

The branches that skewered her in place prevented her from falling down, and the terrible pain of...

TEWWBAD Chapter 34

CHAPTER 34 – Where Spirits Fear to Tread

You see her more clearly, now.

Not all of her: much of Saphienne had not yet come to be as she stood by that window in Cela...

TEWWBAD Chapter 33

CHAPTER 33 – Sharp Recollections

The rain began again as they settled down to talk, drumming against the windows of Celaena’s sitting room in a cold, clear wash. Celaen...