Thorn Season

by Kiera Azar

“How could you, when you have no beliefs to profess? You have faith in nothing but futility and hopelessness. I pity the way you must live.” “Of course you do. Because despite your honor and your faith and your untested beliefs, you can always return to your empire. And it won’t matter how many Wielders you save along the way or how many battlefields you return from. You will always be free to Wield as easily as you breathe.” A sneer curled my lips. “Look around you,” I said. “Everyone else is suffocating.”