![]() ![]() ![]() But the rest of the world feels impossibly far away from her life on a farm outside Laalvur. None of the other girls in the village had a thief-friend.Įvreyet Umarsad-“Ev” to her parents and her one friend-longs to be the kind of hero she reads about in books. When Alizhan discovers that she isn’t the only one of her kind, and that a deadly plot threatens everyone like her, there’s only one person she can trust.Įv liked having a secret. ![]() Rescued from abandonment and raised by the wealthy and beautiful Iriyat ha-Varensi, Alizhan has grown up in isolation, using her gift to steal secrets from Iriyat’s rivals, the ruling class of Laalvur. Her mysterious ability leaves her unable to touch or be touched without excruciating pain. There were two secrets in Varenx House, and Alizhan was one of them.Īlizhan can’t see faces, but she can read minds. ![]()
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