Ash and Cade had to leave Hendeon after a violent attack.

Gazaroth is gloomy and unwelcoming, and the cottage they’ve bought is barely habitable.

Ash is angry and withdrawn, but determined to plant a garden.

Cade loses himself in his music because Ash won’t talk to him.

The boy Lyn is silent, frightened, and lonely.

But the neighbors are friendly.

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“The boy was ragged and unkempt, with dark shaggy hair and wary eyes. His frayed clothes hadn’t been washed in the recent past. Neither had he. He stood perfectly still and watched my face. There was a sheen of sweat on his skin which might or might not indicate fear.

‘What’s your name?’ I asked him.

He shook his head, not understanding.

I tried Glakti. ‘Nemyu?’

‘Lyn,’ he whispered.”