A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (The Tithenai Chronicles #1)

by Foz Meadows

She exhaled sharply. “Fiend,” she hissed, and with such vehemence that I trembled, assuming her compassion had run its course. Seeing my reaction, however, she cursed—an unladylike invective—and said angrily, “Not you, Vel, gods! I meant him.”

They had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

I heard Father whisper, “Yours is a strange and stubborn endurance, Velasin.”

Roll credits.

“Telling me about Killic is not a burden. Your feelings are not a burden. You are not a burden,