CHAPTER THREE
ANCAERA
I watched as Mira and her small group headed out after breakfast for their appointment in Shifara. When I’d first heard that Vaelir had been killed and we were to have a new master at Shianri, I’d been trepidatious. As unpalatable as Vaelir had been, the situation could have been much worse. Like with Niklos for example. But Mira had been nothing like I could possibly have expected.
And she is so young! I shook my head. I knew very little of what she had been through since coming to Daoine, but it had clearly been transformative. And it had aged her. She truly had a good heart, and I hoped nothing would ever change that. It could be so easy to let fear or hatred drive you.
I’d have preferred to send guards with her, but she was more concerned about retaliation her
