Somewhere Beyond This

To Maden, questions and the lack of answers to them were dangerous. The mind could kill quicker than starvation, that much she knew. She’d seen it happen. Children with hunger left orphan by parents with fear, parents that had given up from the very core of their being. Expecting a body to survive when only the shell is left is for fools.

To Lyth, the wonders of the world lie far beyond his grasp, but at least he has his tailor Elisa, whose soothing words and wonderful touch offer him an escape from reality.