More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
Would killing the woman he’d spent the last day working so hard to heal accomplish that? If he could end the war between the clans for good, how many more lives would that save in the future? Was it worth breaking his personal oath? Would it be what Lan wanted him to do?
“I’ve been the Pillarman, and the Weather Man’s Shadow, and the Sealgiver—so my place has always been standing behind someone else. In truth, that’s where I’ve always felt most useful. I’m grateful the gods put me exactly where I needed to be. On any other day, it would’ve been you in that room.”
Ayt Mada would never flee Janloon like a criminal, nor waste energy toward no purpose. As soon as she’d learned her nephew and the Kauls were still alive, she’d surrendered, knowing her final, murderous gambit was over. Because of Hilo, Shae thought. Because old tigers understand each other.
