{"id":15203,"date":"2016-05-03T08:24:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T12:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=15203"},"modified":"2016-05-03T08:24:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T12:24:22","slug":"woodwalker-excerpt-by-emily-benson-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/woodwalker-excerpt-by-emily-benson-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodwalker excerpt, by Emily Benson Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WOODWALKER.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15174\" src=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/WOODWALKER-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"WOODWALKER\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\nPROLOGUE TO <em>WOODWALKER<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"av_dropcap1 \" >K<\/span>ing Valien drummed his fingers on the rough table, the scars on his right hand shining pink against his copper skin.\u00a0 Both he and the figure facing him were keeping their hoods up over their heads, and this extra covering coupled with the unsettling news he had just received were making his skin damp with sweat.\u00a0 Before him, the only distinguishing characteristic the shadowed figure bore was a wrought silver band around one finger, set with a milky pearl.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAre you sure?\u201d the king pressed quietly.\u00a0 The tavern buzzed with the ambient noise of townsfolk drinking away the day\u2019s toils, but he could take no chances that he might be overheard.\u00a0 If there hadn\u2019t been a howling storm outside, he would have met his informant far out in the hills, away from sharp-eyed folk all too ready to report his surreptitious meeting back to his council.<br \/>\n\u201cPositively,\u201d replied his informant. \u00a0\u201cI found them in Sunmarten.\u00a0 All three.\u00a0 Queen Mona Alastaire and her brothers.\u00a0 My king, the royals of Lumen Lake are not dead as we assumed.\u00a0 And it\u2019s only a matter of time before our enemies find out as well.\u201d<br \/>\nThe king frowned, his fingers still restless.\u00a0 This changed everything.\u00a0 This threw every power in the eastern world into a startling unknown.\u00a0 His own crown, so recently won, would be among the first to be affected.<br \/>\n\u201cWell,\u201d he said evenly, curling his fingers into a fist and staring at the hooded figure. \u00a0\u201cWe must do something about it.\u201d<br \/>\nRead more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p63Bn8-3X4\">Emily Benson Martin here<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROLOGUE TO WOODWALKER ing Valien drummed his fingers on the rough table, the scars on his right hand shining pink against his copper skin.\u00a0 Both he and the figure facing him were keeping their hoods up over their heads, and this extra covering coupled with the unsettling news he had just received were 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