Excerpt from Wren’s Journal
Father took Heron to visit the Commander of the Wild Holm army. He says that Heron is destined for the infantry, which will give him great power when it comes time to inherit the Kalyxi council seat.
Heron is indeed a Gifted swordsman. I hope his abilities are recognized while he’s away. I miss him greatly already. I do wonder if he is glad to be free of me. Seeing me must remind him of what he did. Though picking up a blade could serve as a reminder, too.
Does he think of that night every time he grasps his sword? Perhaps he is spared from such pain.
I am not. I think of it always. When I close my eyes, when I wake in the night shaking, and when I rise in the morning. The memories won’t abate. I fear I am doomed to relive them for the remainder of my days.