“Whispers are my greatest resource. You do remember my power?” I swallow hard, trying to keep the nervous tremble from my hands. “Your magic controls voices.” “That’s right,” she says, nodding with a smile. “I can send whispers across the room. I can make people hear voices that aren’t there. I can steal someone’s ability to talk for as long as I like, leaving them mute. But one of my favorite things to do is pull words toward me—murmurs of forbidden knowledge not for outside ears. Those are my greatest wealth.”
