The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn

To die, knowing what it would do to Vin.

for instance, their compulsion for keeping and wearing a simple earring.

Vin—nineteen years old,

These days it rarely ceased. The koloss lowered their

pernicious

Vin stood in the doorway wearing a stunning black gown with silver trim, cut after a modern fashion. It managed to look sleek despite the bell-shaped skirt, which fanned out with petticoats. Her pure black hair, which she often wore pulled back in a tail, was down, and it now reached to her collarbone, neatly trimmed and curling just slightly. The

The troubles we’ve been suffering, the chaos following the Collapse—it’s not simply chaos. No more than the patterns of people who fall sick to the mists are chaotic. I know it seems obvious, but the important thing here is that we now know the method. We understand why they can be controlled and how they’re being controlled.”

It seems my entire life, I’ve only trusted and been hurt.

She wished TenSoon were there,