Dawn of Adakia (Silvan Outlands Book 1)

by R.K. Lander

“Your friendship with Orsal is strong. The thought of his death would devastate you, where the news of a ransacked village, its people massacred by revenants, would make you angry but not affect you in the way Orsal’s death would. But when you are the warrior who fights in that village, Yasei, when you see the death of civilians, innocent elves, grandparents, mothers, fathers, and babies… when you see cruelty of the highest order, witness the most unimaginable deaths, the only thing standing between that horror and your family, your friends, like Orsal – is you.” Yasei’s eyes were no longer unfocused but sharp, and on Galdith. His surrender was not lost on this member of The Company, the one who had only just been reunited with his brother in arms, only to turn away and carry out his duty to the crown, to Yasei’s father. “Yasei, I of all people, understand friendship, brotherhood. I, of all those you know, understand what it is to lose a wife and a babe to the cruelty of sand lords. It is I who understand what it is to die for a cause, for my commanding officer and the mission he charged me with. Will you listen to me? Will you trust me? Will you accept my orders, however much you feel they go against Orsal’s safety? Can I trust you in a way Captain Fer’dan no longer can?”