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Chapter One: The Ashen Gate

He crouched beneath the broken arch of what had once been a watchtower, his cloak heavy with , his fingers numb around the hilt of his sword.

Three weeks ago he had a home. Three weeks ago his brother was still alive. weeks ago his at nothing worse than winter.

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He almost laughed, but the cold had got into his chest and laughing hurt too much. Three weeks ago he would have told her to mind her tongue. Three weeks ago he had a home, a name that meant something, and a future that did not involve crawling through the mud toward a doorway no living man had passed and returned from.

Three weeks ago his brother was still alive.

Now there was only the Gate, and the thing Theron had died trying to tell him.

Find Vesryn. The Gate is a lie.

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Chapter One: The Ashen Gate

The rain had not stopped for three days, and Kael was beginning to think the gods themselves had drowned. He crouched beneath the broken arch of what had once been a watchtower, his cloak heavy with water, his fingers numb around the hilt of his father's sword.

Below him, the valley of Morrowfen spread out like a bruise, and somewhere past the mist, the Ashen Gate waited. Three weeks ago he had a home. Three weeks ago his brother was still alive.

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