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“Life marks us all in one way or another.” Sebian dunked the cloth into the water. “The only scars truly ugly are usually the ones on the inside, anyway.”

Malyr pulled back to stare at me, studying my face with great focus as if he expected to find answers along my eyebrows, down the length of my nose… on my lips. “Tell me who she is.” Sebian folded his arms in front of his chest, frowning at the way Malyr pinched a strand of my hair between his fingers, inspecting it closely. “Someone who needs to remain—and I cannot stress this enough, Malyr—unharmed.”

He walked off, shouting to his guards, “If anybody asks why Tidestone rang the bells this day, let it be known it was because my strong, dutiful daughter, the Lady Galantia, killed a filthy Raven.” A single tear rolled down my cheek, then another, turning my chest heavy as if they all collected inside my heart. For the first time, it felt full. For the first time, I felt loved.