6 Quotes by Alissa J. Zavalianos

And in those peculiar instances where one finds oneself wishing to be heard yet unwishing for it in that same moment, the mysterious voice replied to her from the void.

She whistled and pushed her hands together. Vines and tendrils of plants sprouted from the walls, responding to her call. She whistled again and the vines caught onto the glass dome—as she pulled her hands apart, the vines mimicked her actions and moved the glass aside. A torrent of fresh sea air flooded the space as a blanket of mist sank down over the lip of the ceiling window, making the room immediately feel damp.

No surging windCan find its markThough oft it does try—It will not destroyWho seeks to protectAll that DarknessHas sought to wreck

Her father was a cartographer, and Rylla wanted to learn the trade as well. On most evenings, he would take her to his work station in the basement and show her the boundary lines of the Earthen-Crest kingdoms. They poured over ancient texts and maps together, learning history and battles as well as rulers and customs. Her father had said understanding history was the key to a mapmaker’s success, for one should not only draw the lines, but live them.

And way up here in the sky, she felt that perhaps anything was possible. The fears and the shadows didn't appear so large in the presence of the sun.

What might this mean?' Moo questioned.'That all that's beautiful and green will turn to ash. That the sun will no longer shine upon a fruitful land, instead it will shine where there's but naught a sprout to grow. Humankind may cease to exist as it does presently, and all that remains will be a corruption darker than our lands have ever known. The Darkness will rise, perhaps in more ways than one.