A Touch of Light (The Ashes of Avarin, #1)
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Nasha edged towards it down a jagged path, sharp obsidian jutting out, becoming larger and denser as she drew closer, sticking out from the rock face around the shallow cave like the Great Mountain’s own blackened forest, glimmering in the moonlight. What trees were left here had changed. Their trunks were cracked and seemed to be crumbling in places, and the ground had a gray tinge to it, ashen all around. The normally vivid green of the citrus leaves had turned brownish yellow—most of them fallen—the characteristic aroma replaced by a sour decay that brought the back of her hand to her ...more
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He broke her a smile as if they were sharing a meal instead of captivity.
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The emotions skittered along her skin, and Nasha’s body came alive. The wind blew the heat from the pit, and the fire ran through her, scorching her arm, growing in her chest. Vengeance, fear, helplessness, excitement, anticipation, rage. The feelings mingled inside her like dancers capering to the steadily rising beat of the war drum that was her heart, pulling her apart in a thousand directions.
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That’s the thing about light. All you need is a touch to see the horrors lurking in the dark.