The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Author:Melinda Salisbury
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

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I cannot sleep, cannot even pretend to, and instead I pass the night staring out of the window. When the sky is at its darkest I spot three comets blazing across the sky like birds fleeing winter. It comforts me somewhat, as if it were a sign from Dorin that he is at peace, or from the Gods to tell me they love me still. I watch them until the sun starts to rise, the light hiding them from me, and again I feel comforted, to know they’re still there, though I can’t see them. Lief stays with me, sitting silently on the chair in the corner. Occasionally I turn to him, but he doesn’t sleep, sitting with his sword across his knee, watching me, nodding gravely when my eyes meet his.

While he fetches my breakfast and I wash and change my gown, the motions are more habit than deliberate. I don’t understand how a man as strong as Dorin could fall to a bee sting. It seems so stupid.

“Will we stay here today?” I realize Lief is standing in the doorway, holding a tray.

“No. I’m sick to death of these walls.”

Lief nods. “I’m so sorry, Twylla.”

“As am I,” I say. I’m sorry I forgot about my most trusted ally and left him to die alone in the bowels of this castle. The Gods did not save him for me.

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