Thrice Sworn by Sarah Prineas

Author:Sarah Prineas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

Excerpt from Winterling

Follow Finn and Rook’s story in Winterling,

Summerkin, and Moonkind by Sarah Prineas.

Are they bound to the cruel Mór forever?

What consequences does the Mór’s treachery have

for the Summerlands? And what happens to Laurelin

and Owen’s baby—Gwynnefar?

Read this gripping trilogy and find out.

Find out how Fer’s journey begins.

Prologue

The dog fled. He raced down a shadowy forest trail lit by the full moon. Hearing the howl of the wolves that pursued him, he left the path for the darker forest, struggling through brambly bushes, dodging trees that grabbed after him with long, twiggy fingers.

A stream, or running water to throw the wolves off his scent—that’s what he needed.

On he ran, panting with the effort.

The Mór demanded loyalty from all her creatures. He was bound against his will to serve her, but unlike the others who served her, he could see what she truly was. When she had ordered the hunt of one of her own people, he’d refused. He’d been stupid—stupid—and now he was the one they hunted.

The wolves howled again, closer.

They were going to catch him. And when they did, they would kill him, if that was what the Mór willed.

He was stumbling now, nearing exhaustion. Then he heard the rush of water over stones, smelled the fresh scent of water—a stream. He made for it, gasping for breath, his tongue lolling.

The water felt cool on his scratched paw pads. He stumbled up the stream until it got too deep, then scrambled out and found the path that ran alongside it. From behind he heard the yip of one wolf calling to another, and then they were there, rushing like gray shadows from the dark forest, surrounding him.

Snarling, he ducked away, and a wolf lunged and raked its fangs across his shoulder. He ran, feeling the burn of the wound, and they pursued. One wolf bounded alongside him and slashed at his foreleg, then fell back.

Despairing, he limped along the narrow path, seeing light ahead, an opening in the forest where the stream flowed into a perfectly round pool that reflected the full moon overhead. With a last, desperate bound, he leaped for the pool, the wolves surrounding him, snarling, biting, their teeth bitterly sharp.

He expected water, and then a bloody death.

Instead, he fell through the pool into darkness deeper than any night he had ever known.

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