The Oleander Sword (The Burning Kingdoms, #2)

by Tasha Suri

Perhaps all lives became brimful of pain, eventually. Well, then. Let her daughter’s start painlessly, in joy. Let her have at least that.

“But truthfully, I expect I will find nothing. Sometimes it is necessary to act and plan, simply to know you’re still capable of it,” she said. “To assure yourself you are still fighting, even if your circumstances do not alter.”