Lam, a headstrong young woman steals from merchants and sells their wares in bars and taverns to support her family. Her whole world gets flipped around when she meets Caldon, a shadow. With Caldon and William, whom she also meets, she will discover...
I lie in bed, thinking about my life. Namely, thinking about Caldon. I think I am begging to like him. But of course he won't like me. No one has ever liked me that way.
Today, I decide to go to the river banks. Not much to steal here besides fish but I need a break. While I amble, my thoughts wander: 'Are newbloods really that rare?' 'How many types are there?' 'Are there newbloods with powers we haven't yet discovered?' And finally: 'Is anyone in my family a newblood?' I highly doubted that the answer to the last two were yes. There were so many newbloods in Montfort that there can't possibly be undiscovered powers. And my family is too normal: ripped apart by war and poor enough to steal.
With my eyes on the ground, I don't notice that I am getting closer and closer to the river. Until I fall in. I can't swim! I flail around in the water. I get my head up once to breath but then I am under again. I am slowly sinking and I need air! This is it. This is how I am going to die. I never got to find out if Caldon likes me too.
