Selah of the Weavers is a young woman who is no stranger to mischief: she and her cousin Eryka have been weaving their own personal brand of mayhem for years (check out a glimpse of their shenanigans in my “Magic & Mischief” short story).
Mischief is one thing.
Secrets are another, and Selah has far more of those to keep than she wants.
But as the daughter of the banished Seer, Selah knows that her secrets — her entire existence — are a danger to everyone she loves. So she bows to the necessity of her silence, even if it makes her feel like a fraud, to keep her family safe.
Safety, though, is a luxury Selah, her family and her friends soon run out of. At the command of the Seer, her family participates in the Reckoning: a political contest for the Artisan Guild’s Minister seat that soon turn lethal.
Selah loves deeply, and the violence directed at those she loves triggers all her protective instincts. But even the best-trained guardian can make mistakes, and Selah’s mistake devastates her.
Selah is snarky and wounded, proud and afraid, and struggling with her need to stay safe and protect her family. Even when it goes against her nature, her instincts and her needs.
“The best I could do — the only thing I could do — was keep my head down and pray we survived this Reckoning.”
— Selah of the Weavers, “In the Shadow of Secrets”
Sarah Z. Creates 
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