The Second Sun

Laxis Dymon is a young woman of nineteen. Seemingly apart from the world, she lives a reticent lifestyle, satisfied by her solitude. She also possesses wonderous and mystical powers, the extent, and origins of which are unknown to her. More

Laxis Dymon is a young woman of nineteen. Seemingly apart from the world, she lives a reticent lifestyle, satisfied by her solitude. She also possesses wonderous and mystical powers, the extent, and origins of which are unknown to her.
Tasked to capture the ancient and evil witch Wyo, she is met along the road to Steele Holm by a retainer of House Steele, Djain Klous. Unbeknownst to them, Lord Williard Steele has been murdered. Being held for questioning and execution is a young mother and servant of House Steele, a maid named Sallis.
The Steele family, having fled Steele Holm Keep after the murder of Lord Williard, leave only a distant cousin, the honorable knight Sir Marel Steele as lone remaining Steele to administer justice. It is his job as Keeper of the Dungeons to decide the fate of young Sallis.
Laxis and Djain arrive in the Keep to the dismay of Sir Marel. At his wits end, he is sure Sallis is innocent of the crime, but has no way of proving it. Djain, seeing a chance to grab power for himself, as well as his lover Lady Hunsley, puts in plans to have Sallis executed regardless.
Wanting only to be paid for her commission and be on her way, Laxis is confronted with the idea that an innocent woman will be put to a grisly death. She asks for the chance to speak with Sallis. Her only alibi, a mysterious half-starved little girl of about ten years of age, whose identity will unlock the keys to everything Laxis has unknowingly sought her entire life

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