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

by Foz Meadows

“I’m sorry that my unwillingness distresses you, envoy. I wish I could be otherwise. In so many ways, I wish I could be other than I am. But I am only myself, beyond alteration. Refusing my duty earns me nothing and strips me of everything, and so I consent to it, even when it pains me. And for now—for you, and me, and your Tiern Caethari Aeduria—that must be enough. You cannot ask any more of me.” I tried to smile, and failed. “I have nothing else to give.”