Sublime

amulets,

Adrie

Here was a repository of a woman’s knowledge, collected and passed on.

She knew how to walk in the shadows so she wouldn’t shine in the darkness. No one looked at her twice.

a master at the Nameless Art.

There were those in the county known to practice the Nameless Art, spells and rituals handed down through the generations by cunning folk who knew more than most. These women understood the mysterious nature of medicine and love

She’d denied who she was, and when that happens it’s easy enough to become something else entirely, most

she stood in the brilliant light she sometimes found herself yearning for the dark green of the forest where ferns turned black in the frost.

They could still find each other, no matter where they were, just as they had when they were children whose skills made it impossible to play hide-and-seek.