The ground began to rise beneath them, their horses’ hooves thundering as they entered the pass leading towards Etras’ stronghold, a castle set high among the crags. Pointed towers of grey stone rose above a solid keep, black flecks swirling around one of the towers. The faint shrieking of winged Watchers could be heard, growing louder as they drew near.
‘Are you ready?’ asked Denoris, pitching his voice to carry above the sound of their approach. Gwenene glanced at him briefly, a flick of dark hair and sapphire eyes, but did not slow her pace.
‘I am.’
When I saw Sue’s #writephoto prompt for this week, I couldn’t believe how well it tied into a scene from book four of my Ambeth Chronicles, when Dark Elders Denoris and Gwenene are headed for the mountains, hoping for help from an old friend. And so I thought I’d share it as part of the photo prompt – just a small glimpse of Ambeth, as I’ve yet to publish this instalment.
If you’ve read the first two books, you might have an idea of who Etras is, and why the Elders might want to visit him. And if you haven’t – well, what are you waiting for? 🙂 Click the links and start the journey.
Helen Glynn Jones 
Oh, I do love this Helen. And makes me want to go back and read more
Thanks, Miriam – it’s just a snippet but as soon as I saw Sue’s photo, I thought of them making their approach 🙂
Very nice!
Thanks, Sarah 🙂
I definitely need to start this journey, especially after reading this excerpt.
Oh, you are lovely – thank you 🙂
seen a few pieces from you recently with a historical feel… is there a book brewing?
Well, there’s a very distant historical book brewing. No fantasy at all, other than a few small things I might add for fun. But lots of research and writing before that happens, plus I have to finish Ambeth, Silver & Black and another one called The Grove. He he. This is definitely a bit of Ambeth, though 🙂
You sound like me with all the books on the go! 😂
Yes – it’s fun living all these different lives, isn’t it? 🙂
How perfect! I’ll reblog this tomorrow 🙂
Thanks, Sue 😀 I know, I couldn’t believe how well your photo fit the story! And thanks for the reblog.
My pleasure, Helen. Still no voice…but so far, no other problems either 🙂
In enjoyed this book snippet and the imagery!
Thank you! I couldn’t believe how well it went with Sue’s photo 🙂
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Great extract and I agree it fits the photo perfectly. KL ❤
Thank you! Yes, I couldn’t believe it when I saw Sue’s pic 🙂