The day my mother was killed, she told my father I wouldn’t speak again, and she told him if I died, he would die too. Then she predicted the king would trade his soul and lose his son to the sky.
My father has a claim to the throne, and he is waiting in the shadows for all of my mother’s words to come to pass. He wants desperately to be king, and I just want to be free.
But freedom will require escape, and I’m a prisoner of my mother’s curse and my father’s greed. I can’t speak or make a sound, and I can’t wield a sword or beguile a king. In a land purged of enchantment, love might be the only magic left, and who could ever love . . . a bird?
"Swallow Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them 'til they've time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, 'til the hour. You won't speak and you won't tell, you won't call on heav'n or hell. You will learn and you will thrive. Silence, daughter. Stay alive."
My mother made words. She was a Teller, and her words were magic. She spoke and the words became life. Reality. Truth. My father knew it, and he was afraid. Words can be terrible when the truth is unwelcome.
Omg!! This book was so freaking good! I mean holy sh•t snacks! I have had this book on my kindle FOREVER and finally read it! This book is magical! Seriously, there are a lot of magical beings in the book.
Healers
Shifters
Tellers . . . etc. There are many different Guifted people. But a lot of people want them all killed!
Larks mom tried to save her by taking her voice from her as a child. She wanted her to be safe.
Lark as a woman meets the love of her life. He teaches her to read in their own special way. He can hear her thoughts. Can Lark and this man change the rules and make things better. Can a man who is an Eagle save Lark as she saved him?
Read it and see!
Happy Reading!!
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
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