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Chapter 14 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. Dia and her companion arrived at the Temple to be greeted by a woman who appeared to be of middle years, garbed in the purple-trimmed white of an archpriestess of the Phoenix. She stood in the precise center of the shallow steps leading to the door of the Temple and hailed them as soon as they were within hearing. 8220;Be welcome to the house of Ancient Phoenix,” she proclaimed in ritual greeting. 8221; The priestess seeme...
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Chapter 6 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. Dia enjoys a meal with the party from Aerandos. 8220;Oh, Mama,” Lord Caelon sang to her agitated Grace, casting a wicked glance at Dia and causing that young lady to choke on a laugh. 8220;Oh, Caelon,” wailed Lady Tamia in tones of the greatest distress, still without emerging from her trunk, “do not be teasing and infuriating. Help me to find it. She will be here at any moment.”. 8221; asked Lord Caelon, looking sly.
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Chapter 9 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. Caelon learns of the Gaerud and Dia receives an offer. 8220;Come in, Daerus.”. Daerus did not await a second invitation, but let himself into her sitting room without ceremony and fixed her with a brooding stare. Dia placidly returned his gaze and waited. 8220;Why are you leaving? 8221; he asked her abruptly. She smiled. “Why should I stay? Here, you know.”. To offend the imperial family? 8220;Oh, come now, Dia! 8220;My ta...
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Chapter 17 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. Dia stepped out of the time window and into her own sitting room in the imperial palace with Caelon, Phoebus and Phoeday close behind her. She swallowed against the tightness in her throat. It had been difficult to bid her son good-bye, particularly when he was afraid and could not say so. Dia was afraid, as well, not for herself but for Caerad. I really must stop thinking of him so. 8220;Gracious, child,” Lady Tamia...
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Chapter 13 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. 8220;When we have arrived,” Phoebus suddenly told her, “I shall place you in the care of the priestess Phoenedra. She will attend you during the birth of the child.”. 8220;And what does a priestess of the Phoenix know of childbirth? 8221; Dia asked. 8220;She has studied midwifery, my lady. She, too, has been carefully prepared for what the New Age requires of her.”. Phoebus chuckled. “Patience, my lady. We sh...Suddenly, h...
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Chapter 11 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. Why was she skulking about the palace in this absurd fashion, anyway? She asked herself in some irritation, trying to dispel the peculiar notion that she had somehow left the ordinary world behind in favor of an enchanted world full of unknown wonders and unseen horrors. She had done nothing wrong! Still, she crept on, impelled by that sense of approaching danger. There isn’t time. She stepped into the dim stables and stop...
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Chapter 5 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. Dia explores the darkness. She heard several more thumps on the door. Inhaling deeply once more, she went to admit her brother. Dia wasn’t sure what Daerus was expecting but when she opened her door and he looked upon her, his head reared back slightly and his face reflected amazement and displeasure. Her brows lifted. “Is something amiss? 8221; she asked him in a tone of polite interest as she ushered him inside. Daerus c...
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Chapter 1 | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. The valiant animals that had carried them for mile after weary mile were also beginning to give way to the cumulative stresses of endless heat and light. Dia slapped her stallion’s neck affectionately. “You shall have the coolest and most ill-lit stall I can find for you presently, old friend,” she murmured to him gently, adding with a smile, “and so shall I.”. Awake at last, are you? Daerus had said to her. When they had ...
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The Rise of The Phoenix | Like a Spirit Uncaged
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Like a Spirit Uncaged. Not all those who wander are lost. The Rise of The Phoenix. The Rise of The Phoenix. I am a writer. No, I don’t mean that I am a blogger, although I am one of those, too. I mean that I am a writer. I have been a writer of newsletters and, shortly, I will be again (my day job). I have been a writer of non-fiction, small business books. And I have been a novelist. My epic fantasy novel, called. The Rise of The Phoenix. Since I have decided that posting to Archive of Our Own. Isn̵...
