TaylorRae91
"Under the Rowan tree,
I loved you and you sold me.
Yet ever our love, ever will be,
Buried beneath the Rowan tree."
In a land of grassy highlands, misty moors, and a Hold of warriors, Valor spends her time holed up in the dilapidated village library. With her older sister in line to be Jarl, Valor teaches herself to read and write-skills long deemed unnecessary by her warrior clan. She carries on her secret for years, unbothered by a war-mongering mother with one too many daughters. Yet, tradition dictates Valor must undergo the Trial to prove her loyalty to her clan. When the Trial goes horribly wrong, Valor finds herself imprisoned by her own family, and allied with the most unlikely person. Against impossible obstacles, Valor soon finds that her ability to read will be far more valuable than she ever imagined.