My mind is sluggish and thick, like a heavy fog, and those memories disappear beneath the weight of it. It is my father who has committed evil, not I. “No!” I scream, certain there has been a mistake.

Instead, he has delivered me to one of the night rowers, one of the desolate, bound sailors who must carry away the forsaken souls whom God and the church have deemed unworthy. The hedge priest has tricked Old Nonne and is not taking me to safety as he promised. When the cart stops moving, I open my eyes and see the boat suddenly, I know exactly what is happening. This ‘lost chapter’ from Dark Triumph is Sybella’s introduction to the convent, a much more rough and tumultuous beginning than Ismae experienced in Grave Mercy. I had to see what sort of pain and baggage she brought with her, even though I knew there would be no place for it in the finished book.

In order to understand Sybella well enough to tell her story, I had to go back to the beginning and see her arrive at the convent where she trained to be an assassin. She was so guarded and secretive that it even took me a while to get to know her.

There has always been a lot of mystery surrounding the character Sybella ever since she first showed up on the pages of Grave Mercy. (Apr.Exclusive Deleted Scene with Introduction from Robin LaFevers: Agent: Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Brimming with powerful emotions, thrilling sword fights, and accurate period detail, this tightly plotted tale will enthrall readers of romantic historical fantasy. Ordered to save the life of the ugly Beast of Waroch, a knight loyal to the duchess, Sybella soon ends up on the run from her father’s vengeance. He is marqued! This makes everything so much simpler”). Sybella must navigate a complex web of political subterfuge, violence, and self-hatred to stay alive, while secretly assassinating those traitors whom the god Mortain has “marqued” for death (“When I see a dark shadow covering his chest, my heart soars. Years later, still filled with rage, she has returned home to spy on the traitorous D’Albret and foil his attempt to kidnap and forcibly marry his liege, the young Duchess of Brittany. Raised in terror by her father, the monstrous nobleman D’Albret, Sybella was barely sane when she entered the convent. In this electric sequel to Grave Mercy, LaFevers tells the story of another 15th-century “handmaiden to Death” from the convent of St.

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