She went on because there was no going back.

Water and stone Flesh and bone Night and morn Rose and thorn Tree and wind Heart and mind

My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching grand plot of the entire series, and there is the complete-in-itself, one-book plot.

You will find the way, daughter of the forest. Through grief and pain, through many trials, through betrayal and loss, your feet will walk a straight path.

As for me, I had found love, and that was a gift worth suffering for.

But I believe we all have an inner goodness; a little flame that stays alight through the worst of trials.

The warmth of his embrace soaked into me, a powerful charm against the dark things.