Chapter 5: Part 13 - Persimmon
Rata Sum was quiet. What little light she could see from above told Vasha it was the middle of the day. You'd hardly know it on the lower concourse, though, with its shadowed corners and its inhabitants talking in whispers.
Chapter 5: Part 12 - Make Your Mark
Vasha woke to darkness and silence. Disorientation settled over her, until she could hardly say whether she was staring at the ceiling or the floor. There was a trace of light up there, though, outlining a beam across the ceiling, and there was a hard bed under her.
Chapter 5: Part 11 - Strong Arms and Sharp Minds
Jean's world had contracted to a single point: Vasha's face. He watched the waves of emotion pass over it, fear and determination and exhilaration.
Chapter 5: Part 10 - Mistakes
As she'd charged across the battlefield, Vasha had told herself the lines of this war were already drawn. The Order of Whispers against Yinn ‒ and herself against the rest of the Marauders.
Fourth Interlude - Banish The Shadows
Chapter 4: Part 11 - Bad Omens
Chapter 4: Part 10 - Bones and Dust
