The Grey Tower

Where Jhanic was by far the tallest in the room, his newest, unaware patient was among the shortest, and thus from her perspective could barely see the people right in front of her, much less further into the room around the bustle of people as they went about their business. She was shuffled aside ...

Now she giggled, and it was an innocent sound, more worthy of the girl her young age suggested than the woman that her bloodied knuckles had indicated to Avram. It was genuine amusement at his joking manner of playing up to her pretense of being a queen, and it matched how her fingers on the reins ...

"Hello?" Hair still wet from the scrubbing she'd insisted on giving it, even though that was much harder to accomplish with the simple basin of warm water that she'd been provided than it might have been in a bath, Akymba peeked her head in through the thick door, behind which she was hoping lay the ...

At least she'd run into one of her own countrymen, and that was a fair start for her first introduction in the Tower, especially considering that this was the first time she'd really been away from home, and alone, at that. With her relatively-young age, she had little business being out and about ...

The crimson-edged hand tightened a little around the reins, subconsciously demonstrating a nervousness that she would have expressed to no one, herself least of all, and she clicked her tongue sharply to Molly as she danced aside again, finally pulling her to a more firm halt beside Avram, where the ...

Once she had passed on from the particular section of street where the confrontation had occurred, the city enveloped her once more and, as she made her way toward the tower, the usual chatter of gossip and bartering surrounded her again. Dusk pranced a little as they moved along, shying now and ...

There was a resounding thud, the ear-splitting scream of a horse and the distinct clack of hooves on stone, and the petite brunette drew back cracked and bloody knuckles, grasping for the reins of her mount to pull the animal back under control, so that she herself would not be spilled out of the ...

Thank you everyone! I feel so officially welcomed/helped/slightly threatened/loved Not to worry, as I said, I've been on pbp rpgs for about 15 years - I'm used to geeky weirdness! And besides... like Leala said... we live together, so she can totally drag me back, haha

Awwww, thanks guys! I think the squeeing covered up the chanting enough so that I didn't hear it... or maybe I'm just squeeing too loud myself!

Ha, thanks! Tamora Pierce was definitely one of the two authors that got me into the genre. Trisana has been my username on most of the sites I've been a part of, and I just couldn't give it up