Bridge of Souls

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Authors: Fiona McIntosh

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B
RIDGE
OF
S
OULS
 
 

The Quickening Book Three

 
 
Fiona McIntosh
 
 
 

GH…this one’s for you

 
Contents
 
 
 
 

PROLOGUE

It felt like an eternity to Fynch.

 
 

O
NE

The vineyard sprawled before them, the land suddenly sloping down…

 
 

T
WO

Myrt suggested a path via the lowlands surrounding the lake.

 
 

T
HREE

Wyl’s progress along the Darkstream was slow as he traveled…

 
 

F
OUR

Lost in bleak thoughts, Queen Valentyna leaned her elbows against…

 
 

F
IVE

Maegryn met the riders and was alarmed to see the…

 
 

S
IX

Gueryn felt forgotten. It had been days since Myrt and…

 
 

S
EVEN

It was the first time since childhood that Celimus had…

 
 

E
IGHT

Liryk had personally escorted the woman who called herself Ylena…

 
 

N
INE

Fynch sat down hard on the small mound outside the…

 
 

T
EN

Using fresh horses at intervals, King Celimus had swept through…

 
 

E
LEVEN

So how did this Aremys fellow end up in the…

 
 

T
WELVE

Valentyna broke her fast early and privately on the balcony…

 
 

T
HIRTEEN

After leaving Werryl, Wyl made straight for a hide of…

 
 

F
OURTEEN

Valentyna crafted her letter to Celimus the afternoon of Crys…

 
 

F
IFTEEN

Fynch and Knave stood at the foot of the Razors…

 
 

S
IXTEEN

Rashlyn awoke from his stupor, Angry at feeling hands at…

 
 

S
EVENTEEN

Crys admired the way the Briavellian Commander, despite his busy…

 
 

E
IGHTEEN

Cailech was flanked by only two of his own men…

 
 

N
INETEEN

Wyl heard the approaching footsteps but had anticipated soldiers arriving…

 
 

T
WENTY

They had traveled a short distance through the night using…

 
 

T
WENTY
-O
NE

Elspyth watched through her tears as the body of the…

 
 

T
WENTY
-T
WO

Wyl was brought back into the hall of the Donals,…

 
 

T
WENTY
-T
HREE

In the end, Wyl was given his own horse for…

 
 

T
WENTY
-F
OUR

Valentyna looked at herself in the mirror and glumly permitted…

 
 

T
WENTY
-F
IVE

Fynch lay still enough to be dead, curled on the…

 
 

T
WENTY
-S
IX

Wyl sank into a glum silence as their party neared…

 
 

T
WENTY
-S
EVEN

Knave whined softly, his great head on his paws, his…

 
 

T
WENTY
-E
IGHT

Lord and Lady Bench sat with Elspyth and Crys in…

 
 

T
WENTY
-N
INE

Lady Helyn bench reluctantly held her husband’s jacket as the…

 
 

T
HIRTY

Wyl entered the same impressive chamber he had been escorted…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-O
NE

Crys Donal rode Eryd Bench’s chestnut mare through the Pearlis…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-T
WO

Fynch sat cross-legged, staring at the man who had brought…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-T
HREE

Obin had taken one look at the gray dog and…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-F
OUR

Wyl and Aremys set off from the fortress in the…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-F
IVE

Aremys thought that coming to Werryl was a stupid idea…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-S
IX

Aremys had persuaded Wyl as far as the gates, hurrying…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-S
EVEN

Valentyna descended the staircases to the main salon, feeling as…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-E
IGHT

The journey across Briavel and into Morgravia passed uneventfully. In…

 
 

T
HIRTY
-N
INE

Wyl sat on the cold floor of one of Stoneheart…

 
 

F
ORTY

Valentyna stood forlornly in a grand chamber at Stoneheart, her…

 
 

F
ORTY
-O
NE

The newlyweds emerged onto Stoneheart’s largest balcony, known as the…

 
 

F
ORTY
-T
WO

Wyl was led up onto a hastily built wooden stage…

 
 

F
ORTY
-T
HREE

Chancellor Jessom was surprisingly tender with her, but Valentyna was…

 
 

F
ORTY
-F
OUR

There was a knock at the door. “Chancellor Jessom?” a…

 
 

F
ORTY
-F
IVE

A tall man clutching a child walked into a sunlit…

 
 

EPILOGUE

Cailech’s long arms reached around Valentyna and hugged her close.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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