Where Oceans Burn (Where Oceans Burn, #1)

by Casey L. Bond

It was the Elders who took our truths and with them constructed cages.

Like that portion of tree trunk, we were halves of the same whole. Our grains ran in the same pattern.

“if you hide every time there is adversity, you’ll never see the light of day.

“What’s gotten into you?” I demanded. “Are you drunk?” He chuckled and my skin pebbled at the sound. “I’m tortured,” he answered darkly.