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    Making Waves: A Legends of Lasniniar Short: Legends of Lasniniar
    Making Waves: A Legends of Lasniniar Short: Legends of Lasniniar
    Making Waves: A Legends of Lasniniar Short: Legends of Lasniniar
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    Making Waves: A Legends of Lasniniar Short: Legends of Lasniniar

    By Jacquelyn Smith

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    Deep sapphire, flecked with silver. Iarion's eyes mark him from any elf ever born.

    A strange, physical anomaly? Or a sign of his unique condition? Even after thousands of years spent wandering the lands of Lasniniar, the answer continues to elude him.

    ...Now Iarion's eyes sweep the harbor of the Sea Elves in the hopes that his ship might finally come in.

    In the epic fantasy World of Lasniniar series by award-winning author Jacquelyn Smith, this stand-alone story explores an adventure from Iarion's deep past, before he becomes a hero of legend.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWaywardScribe Press
    Release dateOct 24, 2019
    ISBN9781989650011
    Making Waves: A Legends of Lasniniar Short: Legends of Lasniniar
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    Jacquelyn Smith

    Jacquelyn Smith writes both epic and intrigue-based fantasy, and mysteries that range from cozy to kick-ass, with independent, strong-willed heroes, in search of their place in the world. These heroes take the problems they face seriously (but never themselves), and are supported by unlikely friendships they forge along the way. Jacquelyn is the author of the World of Lasniniar epic fantasy series, the Fatal Empire fantasy intrigue series, the kick-ass Kira Brightwell mysteries, and the Mackenzie Quinn Canadian cozy mysteries. (She originally published several of the early Kira Brightwell titles under the pen name Kat Irwin, before killing Kat off to eliminate the many awkward questions about having a second identity.) When spending time in the real world, Jacquelyn lives on the suburban outskirts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with her husband, Mark, and their feline owner, Xena, who is definitely a warrior princess. To learn more, visit: JacquelynSmithBooks.com

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      Making Waves - Jacquelyn Smith

      Making Waves

      MAKING WAVES

      A LEGENDS OF LASNINIAR SHORT

      JACQUELYN SMITH

      WAYWARDSCRIBE PRESS

      Making Waves: A Legends of Lasniniar Short

      Copyright © 2023 Jacquelyn Smith

      Published by WaywardScribe Press

      First published in November, 2019 as Legends of Lasniniar: Making Waves

      Cover and layout copyright © Jacquelyn Smith

      Cover design by Jacquelyn Smith/WaywardScribe Press

      Cover art copyright © Mega11/Dreamstime

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. All rights reserved. All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      CONTENTS

      Making Waves

      Trial by Fire

      A Note from Jacquelyn

      About Jacquelyn Smith

      MAKING WAVES

      Iarion stood on the pier as he had every morning for the past few weeks, his face turned toward the rolling waves of the ocean. A salt-scented breeze caught at his long, silver braids, setting them dancing around his shoulders. The breeze carried a dampness with it that misted his dusky skin. He ignored all this to strain his eyes toward the north-eastern horizon—the direction of Rasdaria.

      He wasn’t alone, of course. Just like every other morning since the beginning of his vigil, it seemed that every elf living in the Forest of the Sea had turned up to crowd around him, each jockeying for their own position until the tension was palpable. A few spoke to one another in Elvish in hushed voices. The only other sound was the pounding of the surf against the beach. The Sea Elves’ forest loomed behind them—a host of ancient trees that seemed to stand a vigil of their own.

      Is there any point in watching today?

      Iarion asked himself this question every morning he had come to stand on the pier. Part of him was afraid that if he didn’t show up, this would be the one morning when his patience might be rewarded. And so, he found himself staring out at the ocean, seemingly like every other elf around him, even though he was nothing of the kind.

      Yes, he had the same dark skin and pointed ears, and many of the Sea Elves had silver hair instead of white. Even the bow slung over his shoulder and the long hunting knife at his waist didn’t mark him as unusual.

      It was his eyes that gave him away.

      True, blue eyes were common among the Rasadar—the Sea Elves. Often they were a blue-green mix that hearkened to the colors of the sea.

      Iarion’s eyes were a deep sapphire, flecked with silver.

      In all the thousands of years that he had spent wandering the lands of Lasniniar, he had yet to find another elf of any tribe who had eyes like his. Whether they were simply an anomaly, or a mark of his unique condition, he had no idea.

      He shaded them now against the shimmer of the morning sun on the dancing waves. His brow furrowed. Was there something on the horizon?

      It’s been weeks now, and not so much as a response to one of our gull messengers, an elf woman standing nearby was grumbling. What can possibly be happening on Rasdaria?

      If only we had a ship to send, but the one in the shipyard isn’t anywhere near finished, another woman said in response. They’ve been working from sunrise to sunset every day, but it’s going to be weeks before it’s seaworthy.

      How can they not have sent someone by now? a male voice demanded. They must need supplies… I’ve had my shipment of fabrics ready for almost a week! Commissioned by the lord and lady themselves, and no sign of payment.

      Iarion ignored the inane chatter. It was the same as it had been every morning. Weeks had gone by, and no word or ship had been sent from the isolated island where the Lord and Lady of the Rasadar made their home, along with the Learnéd One of Water, Feoras. A hot surge of disappointment filled the pit of his stomach.

      He had hoped when he had sought out the Sea Elves that they might be able to help him with his problem. His own people—the Wood Elves—had no knowledge that was useful, and neither did the Earth Elves, who made their home in the caves adjoining the same forest. Iarion hadn’t found answers anywhere else in Middle Lasniniar either, so he had made the journey north to the Rasadar to discover whether there might be anything to be learned there.

      Despite being a single tribe, the Sea Elves were divided into two groups—those who made their homes in the treetops of the Forest of the Sea, and the few who lived on the isle of Rasdaria.

      Iarion didn’t know what those on the island were like, but the mainland elves were fiercely private, and wanted little to do with the Wood Elf that had shown up at the border of their forest. Since he was still a fellow elf, they had no grounds to turn him away as they would a human or a dwarf, but they hadn’t exactly made him feel welcome. It had taken him ages to winnow his way through

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