“Well, what is your choice?” Hazad asked impatiently. “Do we turn around, seek out some greedy merchant willing to risk his life for a few extra coppers by crossing a desert plagued by bloodthirsty bands of Bashye, or do we go to Krevar and find this Sister of Najihar, and take her to the Isle of Rida?”
Kian felt as if something were shifting inside him. It was a strange feeling, but not entirely troubling. It seemed not so much that he were turning away from some unfathomable peril, but rather that he was turning toward.... Destiny, perhaps?
“We’ve not seen the sea for a long time,” Kian said, wondering if some of the prince’s madness had worn off on him. It must have, if he could actually contemplate something as vague as destiny so soon after considering Varis’s selfsame follies.
“So you choose the woman,” Azuri said, looking relieved, as if he, too, had felt that enigmatic shifting inside himself.
Despite all his previous complaining, Hazad abruptly smiled through his wild beard braids and raised his skin of jagdah. “To the sea, then, and to feisty women!”
Laughing, Kian heeled his mount toward Krevar and their waiting charge, Sister Ellonlef Khala. Traveling with a woman, and one he had heard was fair to look upon, would make for a welcome change after so many long and perilous seasons spent wielding a sword. Yes, a welcome change indeed.
So ends the final tale of
Heirs of the Fallen
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About James
James A. West is the bestselling author of the epic fantasy series Heirs of the Fallen, and the heroic fantasy series Songs of the Scorpion.
Between gritty quests, he recently decided to dip a toe into the primordial sludge from whence he sprang, and penned the dystopian thriller, Beasts of the Field.
James is a native of the Pacific Northwest, but life is a road of many turns. He served in the US Army, spent a year as a long-haul truck driver with his wife (who also happens to be his high-school sweetheart), and attended the University of Montana.
He lives in Montana with his wife. His bodyguard, a Mini-Schnauzer named Jonesy, is always near to hand. James has been known to work for chips and salsa.
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