Chapters
1. Title Page
2. Chapter 1: The Rulers of Men
3. Chapter 2: Initiation Night and After
4. Chapter 3: Ordinary Days
5. Chapter 4: Gaps in the Walls
6. Chapter 5: Myril’s Petitioner Returns
7. Chapter 6: The Ambassadress Returns
8. Chapter 7: Darna Stays
9. Chapter 8: The Baths
10. Chapter 9: Outside Temple Walls
11. Chapter 10: The Hunger of Her Heart
12. Chapter 11: Emerging
13. Chapter 12: The Dragons’ Law
14. Chapter 13: Heirs Apparent
15. Chapter 14: A Tavern Meeting
16. Chapter 15: The Election
17. Chapter 16: The Governor’s Reign
18. Chapter 17: Flight
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Chapter 9: Outside Temple Walls
Chapter 9: Outside Temple Walls
The priestess’s body was consecrated to the rite, and to the dragons. To take a lover outside of the rite was at times condemned, at other times a tolerated heresy. In all times, the priestess was told to guard herself from the pull of common lovers. ...
