Category: Twins of the Aletere – Shadow of the Eclipse

Antrandis stood at the edge of the forest, the river rushing by. His gaze set on the darkening sky. Ribbons of cloud decorated the eastern horizon, the already snow-capped mountain of Scarosant shining as the rays of the sun setting through the western slopes hit it, lighting its peak like a beacon.   Sian stepped… Continue reading Chapter 44 – Out of Time

‘Lera. Wake dearest.’ said the Captain as he gently touched her cheek, sitting at the edge of their bed in his cabin.   He watched on as her eyes slowly fluttered open. They met his own while she made sense of her surrounds. She looked past him to the makeshift cot with Sialin settled in… Continue reading Chapter 43 – Alletair

Both Tiffaniel and Groyven stood at the edge of the forest, looking out to the river’s bank. The afternoon was past its midpoint. The sun now slanting its rays as they walked out from the cover of the forest. After Hendosphyre had returned to the amulet, the children had kept to the shadows and the… Continue reading Chapter 42 – Tailed

Sian walked ahead and Antrandis followed. After what seemed like hours, Sian finally caught sight of a ray of afternoon sunlight penetrating the mist ahead. She could make out Winter’s form, a long shadow being cast into the mist as they neared the edge of the decay. Wavering, her eyes half closed, she felt a… Continue reading Chapter 41 – Lost & Found

Winter lazily circled in broad sweeps as she rode the thermals with little effort. The updrafts stronger in the height of the afternoon as the sun’s warmth captured in the forest and valleys of the mountains were released to the heavens. She revelled in the sensation of the slightly warmer air pressing against her body… Continue reading Chapter 40 – Blight

Winter slowly untangled herself from their embrace and rose, her small smile slowly blossoming as Sian turned her eyes back to the signs of Silvast’s passage.   ‘I came across a curious sight when I reached the river before I crossed, a gryphon. It was sunning itself on the bank. This side.’ said Sian, noncommittally.… Continue reading Chapter 39 – Relief

Winter walked along the forest path, an animal track that was once a roadway, now disused and forgotten to time. After finishing her investigation of the campsite she had followed the tracks of the children and their guard. Though, she was concerned that she could only find evidence of three souls, not four. The thought… Continue reading Chapter 38 – Guilt, Shame and Fear

The river rushed by, the water clear and chill as it meandered its way from its mountain tributaries. It crashed over boulders hidden below the surface, its current tract tumultuous and of the rapids before reaching the calm paths downstream. Tiffaniel reached out a hand, standing atop a boulder, waiting for her twin brother to… Continue reading Chapter 37 – Riverside

Antrandis stood alone in the small clearing, the morning sunlight sending shafts of light through the canopy to the forest floor. The evening before last, at the height of the eclipse, four souls entered this world on this very spot. Antrandis glanced around, absorbing the surrounds. When he and Winter had come across the wolf… Continue reading Chapter 36 – Obscure Conversation

Winter flew along the edge of the crest of the mountain, allowing the rising warmer air of the sun on the valley to assist her flight, riding the thermals lazily as she felt a sense of elation sing through her being. The river of fear and anxiety she felt had been stemmed somewhat, slowed to… Continue reading Chapter 35 – The Twin’s Trail