The End Unseen

The End Unseen

Author: Ariel N. Anderson Listening Length: 7h 49m
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The Angel of Foresight, blind where it mattered. Val-Theris Angelicus, the Angel-king of Seraveth is burdened with the curse of foresight. Haunted by visions of his own death and the fall of his kingdom, he is torn between crown and prophecy. Val-Theris has led his people into an age of prosperity as Oros the Bloodlett...

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Chapter 23

TWENTY-THREE

The library of Solmiris stretched in endless golden arches, the air thick with the scent of parchment and ink. The halls were silent at this late hour, save for the soft crackle of torches and the rustle of pages.

Val-Theris sat hunched over a long oak table, scrolls unrolled around him in neat, disciplined stacks. His fingers traced looping Lunarethian script, his lips moving soundlessly as he tried again to shape words not native to his tongue.

He had been this studious since he returned from the border and though the syllables were still clumsy, he pressed on, learning both the language and all he could of their courting rituals.