Chapter 5: Part 7 - Good Luck With Thieves
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

Chapter 5: Part 7 - Good Luck With Thieves

After days of frenetic activity, the guild hall had fallen eerily quiet. Oska was gone, of course, chasing Spark’s trail into the depths of Ascalon. Erin had tasked Marissa, Roan, Jean, and Caolinn to go after him. She was certain they had enough experience to handle Spark, especially Caolinn, who’d worked with the charr years before Light’s Memory formed.

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Third Interlude: Opposing Sides
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

Third Interlude: Opposing Sides

The message arrived at midnight, when the guild was quiet and everyone but Erin was asleep. There was no need to keep watch, but she did it anyway, standing in the open doorway and staring out into the night. Lion’s Arch seemed unusually subdued, but maybe it was only her mood that made it so. Marissa’s defection didn’t surprise her, nor Jean’s. The fact that Roan had followed them raised its own questions, but perhaps he was more comfortable with his former enemy than with a guild who were still strangers to him. Amber, though… There would be a reason for her departure ‒ there was a reason for everything Amber did ‒ but that didn’t make it any easier to bear.

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Chapter 3: Part 7 - Weapons and Enemies
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

Chapter 3: Part 7 - Weapons and Enemies

Erin wasn’t going to panic. She knew, as the camp descended into chaos, that she absolutely couldn’t let herself. The moment she gave in was the moment Light’s Memory was lost.

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Chapter 3: Part 4 - A Thorn In My Side
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

Chapter 3: Part 4 - A Thorn In My Side

Erin wasn’t used to having sleepless nights. Usually, she was asleep within half a minute of putting her head down, a trick acquired from years spent in the wilds. Tonight, though, sleep seemed elusive. She just couldn’t remember the last time she’d been plagued by so many damned thoughts.

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Chapter 2: Part 4 - A Chilling Discovery
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

Chapter 2: Part 4 - A Chilling Discovery

The ruins of the guild hall didn’t look any better on Erin’s return to Lion’s Arch. If anything, after days of being picked over by scavengers and rained on once or twice, they actually looked worse.

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First Interlude: Hammer and Anvil
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

First Interlude: Hammer and Anvil

Most of the time, Erin thought she was reasonably in control of her guild. Some of its members could be awkward ‒ and plenty of them liked to argue ‒ but overall, they were willing to follow her lead.

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Chapter 1: Part 5 - Ashes
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

Chapter 1: Part 5 - Ashes

Seeing the guild hall burn wasn’t quite like watching her life go up in smoke, but it wasn’t far off. Erin stood on the docks of Lion’s Arch, trying to be stoic about the fact that there was nothing left of the place but a pall of smoke overhead and a greasy stain on the ground. The wooden walls had been old and dry; they’d burnt quickly and with significant heat. The Lionguard, presumably used to such fires, had done nothing but hold back the crowds.

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Chapter 1: Part 3 - Den Of Thieves
Amy Sanderson Amy Sanderson

Chapter 1: Part 3 - Den Of Thieves

The guild hall of Light’s Memory had, if Erin was honest, seen better days. It was a former warehouse on the docks of Lion’s Arch, which had seemed practical in the early days of the guild. Back then, with Zurra only just captured and Erin newly in charge, all she’d wanted was a safe place for them to sleep, train, and catch up with one another between paying jobs.

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