Shardless (Tempris #1)

-From the personal notes of Ivain Castaro, Marquess of Tempris

The 32 nd day of the month Meridian, during the 250 th year of the Empty Throne

It’s been a long time since I took the time to write down my thoughts, but today is one of the worst days I can recall in recent memory. Taly, my little one, is gone. She ran away during the night while everyone was asleep.

I’ve always known that she would want to assert her independence one day. Human lives are so fleeting, and they leave their families so young, so much sooner than any fey could ever dream of sending away a youngling. I knew that when we took her in. I knew and yet now that the moment is here—I wish we’d had more time .