Chapter 18
Koragi had nothing to serve as a memento of her loving guardian. Only the dark and cold prison she had shared with the black effigy remained, but not even her memory of him offered her solace. No peace settled her distraught heart—no glimmer of hope. Only the shadow of loss reached deep in her core as she numbly endured each day that she was alone. Dieren came to her frequently as time passed, but the physical torture he inflicted on her was distant and feeble next to the ache of longing in her broken heart.
Her mind repeated the last words of encouragement that Tebanis had spoken before the dragon had unwoven her father’s magic. Dieren wanted to break her. The knight was cruel, but the cuts and burns he bestowed upon her only served to remind her that she still lived. For bet
