Absolute Sovereignty - Chapter 5: The Ghost of Laughter

... mbers—trade agreements with Eryndel, troop rotations, coded missives from the Shadows. Dry ink blurred into nightmares: Garron's distrust, his father's hollow gaze, Selene's blade at his throat.

[Corruption: 0.8%]

[Memory Degradation: Partial loss of Garron's voice during your 14th summer.]

He snapped the ledger shut.

This is how it begins. The isolation. The erosion.

In his first life, he'd let the Voidwell devour every ...