Mayhem and the Mortal

Mayhem and the Mortal

Author: Shanora Williams Listening Length: 16h 10m
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One mission. One curse. No escape. Zaira doesn’t want a hero. She needs a weapon. To save her sister from a soul-devouring curse, she has to cross The Shallows—a nightmare landscape of ruined magic, shifting paths, and vicious creatures that eat people alive. Her guide? Thane Valkor: sorcerer, assassin, walking red f...

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Being outside of Meriva feels odd. I’ve never left the kingdom since moving there as a child. I never had any reason to, seeing as I had everything I needed.

The gravity of that realization weighs on me as I stand on the other side of the Everwalk. I stare at the towering pillars on the other side of the stone road that are keeping the bridge intact. Fog clouds the area, thick enough to drown the lanterns in murky light.

The Everwalk has been around for ages—famous for its reliability and safety, and commonly used by traveling peddlers in mule-drawn wagons and royals in carriages who require safe passage to Meriva by land.

Many people pass Thane and me as we carry on. None bother us or toss suspicious gazes. Eventually, my shoulders loosen and my breathing relaxes, despite Thane’s nearness—or maybe because of it, which would be ridiculous. He’s a menace. It shouldn’t be possible to feel safe around him.