Title:Irene L. Pynn - From Light to Dark.mobi
- Title:From Light to Dark
- Author:Irene L. Pynn
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“Her voice was like flower petals falling on wet grass.”Eref is about to die. He sits at the End of Light World, accepting his stoning execution one rock at a time, until the impossible happens: the ground opens up beneath him, and he drops down into the unknown. There, he meets Caer, a kind-hearted girl from Dark World who saves his life. Together, the pair forms an unlikely and illegal bond that not even the strongest hatred can break. But can their connection bring down the evil institution that has kept Light World and Dark World at odds for hundreds of years?
FROM LIGHT TO DARK
by Irene L. Pynn
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Copyright © 2011 by Irene L. Pynn
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Chapter One
From Light to Dark
Getting stoned to death wasn’t the worst thing that could happen—or so Eref told himself when the first rock cracked over his head.
But it hurt. Blood trickled down his forehead and into his eyes, blocking the sharp rays of the sun overhead.
All around him, forty or fifty men dressed in long tunics shouted curses and flung stones at his naked body.
“Blasphemer!”
“Devil!”
“Treasoner!”
The bright power of the Governors’ Moonstone from its hidden place in Light World made certain each rock hit its target.
So many people had come to this hidden corner to watch him die. Far from the rigid roads of Light World’s city, each face glared at him. Each mouth snarled. Eref blinked the blood away. He thought for a minute that he saw Balor among the crowd. No…it couldn’t be. But it was true. His best friend pushed his way to the front, holding several large stones in his fist.
Eref tried to meet Balor’s eyes. He tried to find something familiar in them….
As if to answer, Balor growled like an animal and hurtled one of his rocks into Eref’s stomach, creating a lightning bolt of pain and knocking the wind out of him.
After that blow, Eref barely felt anything else, though a hundred stones crashed onto his skin and broke his bones. Only Balor’s throws hurt, because they bruised his heart.
“Balor,” Eref shouted, trying to be heard through the curses. For the first time throughout this or
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