Secrets of Moth (The Moth Saga, book 3)
“"By Idar," Bailey whispered. She stopped in her tracks and widened her eyes.
The mountain loomed above them, taller than any mountain she had ever seen. Grass and pines covered the foothills, giving way to rocky slopes and a cloudy peak. It rose from the dusk, its western slope gilded with sunlight, its eastern slope shrouded in indigo shadows. Hills rolled around the mountain, swaying with grass, rushes, and wild flowers on the sunlit side, barren and smooth on the night side. High upon the mo...untainside, crowned with wisps of cloud, shone a single round jewel, still too far to see clearly but bright as a star.
Bailey pointed toward the lofty beacon. "The clock." Smiling, she turned to look at Torin. He stood at her side, and seeing him—just looking at him in open daylight, no more night or rainforest around them—lifted her spirits just as much as that mountain.
He's changed, she thought. Two years ago, when they had left Fairwool-by-Night, he had been a callow boy, soft of cheeks and timid as a pup.MoreLess
The mountain loomed above them, taller than any mountain she had ever seen. Grass and pines covered the foothills, giving way to rocky slopes and a cloudy peak. It rose from the dusk, its western slope gilded with sunlight, its eastern slope shrouded in indigo shadows. Hills rolled around the mountain, swaying with grass, rushes, and wild flowers on the sunlit side, barren and smooth on the night side. High upon the mo...untainside, crowned with wisps of cloud, shone a single round jewel, still too far to see clearly but bright as a star.
Bailey pointed toward the lofty beacon. "The clock." Smiling, she turned to look at Torin. He stood at her side, and seeing him—just looking at him in open daylight, no more night or rainforest around them—lifted her spirits just as much as that mountain.
He's changed, she thought. Two years ago, when they had left Fairwool-by-Night, he had been a callow boy, soft of cheeks and timid as a pup.MoreLess
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