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I've done my best to include as many content warnings as I can here, but I can't guarantee that I've caught all of them. As always when reading a novel that covers heavier topics, please keep your mental health in mind! Throughout: Dissociation, dissociatio...

Eriadren I took a breath with sunlight bathing my body, and for a while, I just lay in bed, tracking dust motes in the air above me. I was waiting for my brain to catch up, letting whatever it was hiding from me flow through the cracks, and when I remembere...

Eriadren "I'm worried about Rafe." With the day almost over, I was sitting in bed, waiting for Lirilith to join me. She was taking a long time in the washroom tonight, long enough that my thoughts had once more turned to the anxiety that had been eating at...

Eriadren As I watched a woman weep over her murdered daughter, my sword was heavy in my hand. I let its tip fall into the dirt, and she spun, becoming fury incarnate as she stalked toward me. She screamed and cursed, soon bending down to pinch my blade. Res...

Eriadren   I was shoved into a carriage, barely catching myself on the floor before the horses were spurred into motion. Haltingly, I climbed onto a seat. I scanned the carriage's interior, stopping my eyes' swing on Arivor. He'd propped his elbows on his l...

Rhylix I would make a final request of you, my friend. Watching the Zrelnach encampment, I despaired of ever sneaking into it in a conventional manner. They were too well-organized and from what I'd seen, on high alert as well. If I used an illusion or s...

Rhylix When next we meet, please kill me. The next day, I was standing in the closest marketplace to the gate that I could find, waiting for Aramar. I was exhausted. The energy drain for the magic I’d used this morning had been brutal, but it hadn’t bee...

Raimie I’d decided that I hated traveling by sea. When we’d left Sev behind, I’d already been queasy, and then, the sloop had ventured into the aqueous territory around the Accession Tear. I’d spent the next four days huddled on the brig’s floor, rolling ac...

Raimie As I scoured the dungeon I’d found myself in, I crept down far too many corridors, but I found nothing useful, and after ducking into a room for what felt like the hundredth time, I took a break. What should I do? Kaedesa had said she’d answer Eledi...

Raimie As soon as I’d returned to my cell, I slammed my back into metal, sliding to the floor and bringing my knees up so I could cradle my forehead. Then, I released Ele. As soon as it was gone, my thoughts started racing, ticking through everything that ...

Raimie Squaring my shoulders, I stiffly strode to the table, folding into the chair opposite Queen Kaedesa. While she retrieved items to lay on the table, I examined her. Keeping my attention on her was difficult with Shadowsteal lying right there, but I ha...

Raimie When Kaedesa eventually rested her quill atop on top of her notebook, I set my cup down, ready for the questioning to continue once more. “This man who's hunting you. Who is he? He has, in essence, declared war on Ada’ir and must be brought to justi...

Raimie Thinking back on my meeting with her, I wasn’t sure why people thought Kaedesa was a violent queen. She’d been more than accommodating with me, considering who we each were, and when I’d flown to pieces after learning what Teron had done, she’d been ...

Raimie “What do you want to know?” Dim asked me, as mischievous as ever. “Hmm.” I had plenty of questions for my splinters, ones that I meant to tackle when I could, but for now, I needed a small number of them, ones that would show us how far we could pu...

Raimie I’d been doing this for three months, but even still, when I opened a window for tonight’s escapade, I looked out over Daira’s landscape with longing. It was rather beautiful, and as I had every night since Kaedesa had dragged me here, I wondered why...

Raimie Once I was inside the castle, I crept through it on silent feet, perfectly aware that while I might be invisible, other people could probably still hear me. When I ran across my first guard, I froze while she strolled past, yawning. I cringed in plac...

Rhylix I cannot live under the control of a god. After a long day, I trudged into the safe house, pushing my hood back and stretching out the kinks I’d gained over the many hours I’d spent hunching. My unusually tall height had always been an affliction,...

Rhylix Especially not one whose sole aim is to destroy creation. Sneaking into the Zrelnach camp was almost too easy. With our armor matching the people around us, Dath and I weren’t questioned as we strode to where Ferin had erected her tent. It wasn’t...

Raimie The military man, looming over Eledis, didn’t seem surprised by my sudden entrance. In fact, his eyes pierced into me with something like fascination, and if I hadn’t been so on edge after reading Queen Kaedesa’s message, I might have found this curi...

Raimie I was half-aware of my grandfather relaxing opposite me, mostly occupied with watching my splinters regain their composure on the carriage's floor. Will you tell me where you went, or is this another mystery that’ll never get resolved? I asked. Win...