The following is an excerpt from A Cavalry of Griffons. Tess Sothos, wife of Gram Sothos, a powerful nobleman, takes her children to temple and receives unsettling news. 4 Duty Saint Halford’s Temple smelled of incense, myrrh, and dust. Enough dust to irritate the noblewoman’s nose and pitch her into a sneezing fit so blinding that she lost count of which prayer bead she held between thumb and forefinger. No child of ...
