While a storm rages outside the wizard's tower, the scene is set for a magical ritual: the circle drawn, the candles lit—and the wizard's captive brought to the tower: a handsome warrior who will need wooing if the wizard wants his willing cooperation...
Outside on the cliffs, the avalanche had buried the besieging army. Inside the castle, the hero let the snow-maidens strip him […]
I Up the mountain Brown grasses rustle at my feet Until they bend beneath the lusciousness of snow […]
I could smell her body from across the raging waters: her fearful heart pumping rich sweet blood; the bitter odour of a […]
~ Block by block, up the tower, hand over hand, his hands are on the stones. Toes nosing into footholds, and his […]
