The Voices of Talam

Aisling (Aisla) Iarkis

ash • ling, (ash • la), ee • ark • iss

“She was Aisla Iarkis, and she was more than words on paper. She was more than the nine forms of esos buried deep within her.

And she would be enough.”

way • lynn, mur • core

“Weylin Myrkor walked in a way that radiated power.

Bloodline aside, it was hard work that had forged Weylin into the beast of a man he had become.”

ruh • knee • uh, door • cass

“In what capacity?” she implored. “As your handmaiden? Or perhaps the kitchen help? I’m excellent with a blade if you seek a tutor in that regard.”

roor • ee, vil • ulf

“Ruairi had never prayed to the gods before.

He had not grown up in a home that felt any allegiance to them, after all that had been done to Eilean.”

air • uh, trig

“Eire had not trained for the feeling of loss that sank into her. Her head dropped as she was forced to look at her shaking, sweaty hands.

Helpless hands.”

call • um, roan • in

“It was hard for anyone to claim it was nepotism when Callum had long proven he deserved the highest rank available to a laoch.”