Companion piece to Gold. Ryden's side.

As Gold tried in the fire... A character study of Cade set during his incarceration/torture during a time he gives up or almost gives up.

A study of sorts on the the book and the relationships and of course Cade and Ryden. Honestly basically EVERYTHING here that I write is on those two...

Character study of Ryden and Cade.

Isn't always the best... Written as a Christmas present for VanillaJ. Fun brotherly scene between Itheos, Ryden, and Cade.

Ryden leaves on a routine patrol, and has to explain it to his nine-year-old brother. Pre-series. (No warnings)

Mother's Day. It was moments like this that reminded her it was all worth it. (Written for my mother.)

He didn't need flames to be on fire.

Whose version of perfect was he supposed to be, because he couldn't possibly fit into everyone's ideal. "Be more like your brother." That wouldn't happen. "You're like I was." No, that wasn't true either. "Can't you behave like everyone else?" No, because he wasn't everyone else. Couldn't they see that?

How had it come to this? It was said, "Brother will betray brother to death." There was no grey - there was no way they could put together what had broken. What had he done to his brother to become so hated?

Silver-white snow flakes fell like a thousand crystal diamonds from the pale sky to the powdered ground. The air was cold and quiet, but calm. Red leaves and tree branches bent under the weight of new snow... The only thing disturbed was the white dust on the ground in which hoof marks trailed along after a horse and rider.

To put thoughts into one's mind... all that was needed was a simple question. Would you lay down your life for your brother? (One!Shot! written for/dedicated to Samsquatch67)

He held on to the world he'd fought to save once. Was there no hope left in it? Surely, there must have been. If there was no hope, the world would already have been undone by its Maker. So, each day, he struggled to live through another-to breathe long enough to survive to the next day.

Cade learns of the Truth - after having it buried inside his soul since his birth...

A poem about the Valdari, in a way. About the brothers and the race's end.

"Blink. Inhale. Blink. Exhale. Blink. Inhale. What was the point of all?"