“Can you eat something? Or perhaps some soup,” his mother said. Talis shook his head. “I couldn’t eat a thing…my stomach feels sick.” “Then go to bed… There’s nothing you can do right now, except perhaps beg favor from the gods.” He bowed his head, and once again prayed to Tolexia for Mara to return to health. He turned and shambled outside and up the stairs to his bedroom loft. Before going inside, he gripped the rail and stared out over the city of Naru, lit with the pale light of the four moon sisters. Thoughts of Mara and Lady Malvia and Father raced through his mind. And Xhan, his older
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