A Facet for the Gem (28 page)

She had watched until they shrank from sight, and continued to stare at the area where they vanished. Just as she made to look away, a tiny point reappeared and grew, drawing nearer and nearer as they descended toward her again. Her heart grew dangerously light while she could almost make out both of their distinctive outlines.

Speeding downward again through every ruffling breeze, Morlen and Roftome enjoyed a wealth of riches in this flight alone, and in the certainty it was but one of many to come.

They rushed faster, closer, still high above. Morlen already knew she hadn’t moved, that she saw him, the way he saw her.

“She is smiling,” said Roftome, smugly.

And Morlen smiled too.

THE
END

About the Author

Charles Laurence Murray was born in 1989 and grew up in San Diego, California. He spent many days lost in the humming, spark-scattering clashes between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, caught up in a charge with the Riders of Rohan, and enthralled by the cadence and poise of Doc Holliday emerging from the shadows to face Johnny Ringo. When he was thirteen, he became obsessed with the idea of an eagle-riding, sword-wielding hero and developed it over the years into an epic, four-part series.

Morlen and Roftome will return for more adventures as
The Tale of Eaglefriend
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Edited by Karen Conlin. Cover art by damonza.com. Map of Cryntor by Kevin L. Routon.