If bravery is the wind that makes us soar like kites, fear is the string that keeps us from going too far. We need it, but the thing is, our heritage taught us to fear some of the wrong things.

deific.

Revealing your emotions makes it easier for people to get a good deal out of you.

ensorcelled

eldritch

Tress settled down, thinking about people and how the holes in them could be filled by such simple things, like time, or a few words at the right moment.

If the underworld had legal counsel, it would have been this man.

diaphane

She was tired in a way that a good night’s sleep—or ten of them—couldn’t cure. Her mind didn’t have any more to give. She needed to allow herself a chance to catch up to the person she’d become.