Unbound (Songs of Chaos, #2)

by Michael R. Miller

Everyone has their duties, their responsibilities, their loved ones. To be truly free meant to be alone from everyone and everything;

Sovereign is amorphous, magic, distant, and unknown.

But ruling is about more than being considerate, thoughtful, and efficient. Make yourself into a queen who inspires, Talia.

Talia raised her arms, and any who looked upon her would have seen their young queen inside a cone of fire. Unburnt. Unharmed. A queen wrought in flames.

‘Do not help those who can help themselves.’ There was dignity in overcoming struggle. A student should struggle until they mastered an ability, a sword form, or a meditation technique.

not all chaos bringers deserve their fate, and not all who uphold order deserve its protection.”

And I’ve found that all beings – whether dragon or human – find it impossible to get out of their own way. They have a set of beliefs about the world, about the people or dragons in it, about how things are and how they should be, and anything that counters those beliefs, whether it’s true or whether for good, doesn’t matter – they will resist it with every fiber of their being. Even to their own detriment. To change would be worse. To surrender one’s beliefs is to surrender much more.”

That’s so hard to do. To voluntarily reduce oneself to ashes and then rise again. It’s so hard that most choose to stand in the flames and burn.”

In the dark, Holt smiled. If they were careful, if he could learn to navigate the world as Ash did, they might just make it.