“THORNS” in italiano

She let her thoughts drift for a time, until they snared upon another tangle of thorns.

Something rustled in the thorns of the island, and she snapped up her head, heart thundering as she scanned for that familiar male face and wings.

Though the trees were smaller on the old road’s course the undergrowth was thick, and he was raked by branches and thorns.

The tangles of thorns were a mockery of what might have been—as if Oorid had ever produced roses.

’ He pushed his way under the overhanging thorns and settled down, waiting for the dawn.