Awakening

"It must have been only minutes, maybe longer, but suddenly I lost track of what was happening. Ratis, backed against a tree, dropped his sword, and Ratis, searching my eyes, grabbed hold of Niri under his chin. I had him pinned, was nearly about to push through flesh when I snapped out of my haze. My father's blade reflected something. Glowing. And when I stared at it, it stared right back at me."

Cadda ni Caridos awakens from tragedy to find out nothing will ever be the same. Her clan has been driven into the forest, her mother enslaved, and her father murdered. And nobody has done anything about it. Cadda vows to change that, all while struggling to come to grips with her new reality - something has made her physically stronger, something has given her heightened senses - and though it may seem like a boon, Cadda's not so sure it is.

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