Gerti didnโt ask for help.โ Miri swallowed and tried to calm her quavering voice. โIt was my fault.โ โSo it was. Now you all have learned that those who speak out of turn choose punishment for themselves and anyone they speak to.โ โSo if I speak to you, Tutor Olana, will you get the lashes?
Shannon HaleHe looked at her, and the clarity of his dark eyes struck her heart with a sensation of a wound touched.
Shannon HaleThe snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day.
Shannon HaleHow could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my mouth goes dry whenever she's near. It's getting so bad, all I have to do is see her and I'm already thinking, 'What does she want? What can I do for her?' She's got some power over me, there's no question, and what else could it be? ~Razo
Shannon Hale