Shards of the Moon

la'

my tent as I lay awake with the resid

't been

Raw. A truth neither of

er... that would

c mental events that continued to disrupt my vision. The polished copper bowl revealed to me a face that wa

The camp was quiet but tense, like the wind itself knew something had shift

led to recognize my

her

o the healing tent that treated soldiers wounded during the previous day's combat. My footsteps slowed. I

y fire-had

the moon inside me pulsed

, ignoring the s

softly, kneelin

rings on every finger, looked me ove

But I have... s

he boy's arm. He whimpered, f

lms g

ith f

ilver

n knitted back toget

aler g

ked. "Are yo

aintly. "N

next patient, I could fee

is armor half-buttoned, eyes

ed them,"

hands on the garment.

ear appeared in his eyes when h

I already

kind of magic-moonlight healing-it has

Moon Shard," I f

n't de

if he needed to etch my features into memor

u going to d

oyal camp where his father sle

im," he said. "Bu

ae

a. Even if I have to li

ut even as I touched his han

only hold so long be

s tired