For the first few hours after waking, I convinced myself I was simply tired.
That was all.
My body had been pushed too far.
My power had nearly consumed me.
I had fought an entire army.
Of course my mind felt strange.
Of course I couldn't remember everything.
I told myself that again and again.
But the empty space in my memory wouldn't go away.
I knew I had grown up somewhere.
I knew there had been a house.
A garden.
A woman who used to sing while she worked.
My mother.
I knew these things.
But whenever I tried to picture her face, there was nothing.
Just darkness.
I sat beside the window, staring at the mountains.
Kael stood behind me.
"You should still be resting."
"I'm tired of resting."
"You nearly died."
"I know."
He folded his arms.
"You also scared half the f
