Her Hidden Fire – Cliodhna OSullivan

“It’s all right,” she said. Her stared at her for a moment more, those gray-green eyes so close she could see the gold flecks in them, then pushed off with his hands on either side of her and rose smoothly to his feet. The evening air swept over her as Gry’s weight lifted off her, and it seemed for a moment as if she could still feel the outline of his body across hers.

“Come on,” he said, reaching down with his hand to pull her upright. “There’s something I think you need to see.” Éadha had started to shake uncontrollably, shuddering with the power she’d drawn and not fully used. Gry had already started to move away but glanced back when she didn’t follow him, his eyes darkening as they took in how she shook. With a shrug he pulled off his Vespers cloak, wrapping it around her.

Overcome with shame at what she’d done, she had to resist the urge to bury her head in his chest, as if it’d let her somehow hide away from her own guilt. Gry said nothing, keeping his arms tightly squeezed across her shoulders until the shuddering finally subsided. She didn’t resist when he took her by the hand and led her through the archway that faced out to sea.

The evening was still light, with only the faintest hint of summer’s dusk around the edges. There was no one around; everyone else was in temple. They passed the stone jetty on the shore directly in front of the House, where visitors from Second Island docked, climbing the hill to the right of the handball alley and ducking in under the tree line. Here the trees grew right up to the water’s edge, a dense undergrowth crowded around their trunks. Éadha had never come this way before.

Gry pushed ahead, bending the branches so she could pass. After a little while the land ended, the ground dropping away beneath them into a narrow ledge of shingle, the stones clacking as the sea rolled over them, like a gambler rolling dice in his hands.

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prhid_prh_7.4a_155406395_c0_r1 OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Dedication Irish Pronunciation Guide Map of Domhain Content Warning Part One: Ailm’s Keep Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Part Two: Lambay, First Island Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Part Three: Lambay, Second Island Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Acknowledgments Appendix: Image Description About the Author OceanofPDF.com For Conor, Maya-Rose, Éanna & Aodhán OceanofPDF.com Most of the names in Her Hidden Fire are variations on Irish names; some are derived from an ancient Irish tree-based alphabet known as Ogham.

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