"Jarls rise and jarls fall," she whispered, her dark eyes on the last orange streaks of light flickering across the horizon. "The Boneless Mercies remain. We have roamed Vorseland since the age of the Witch War Chronicles. Perhaps longer. We are ignored and forgotten... until we are needed. It has always been this way." She paused. "It is not a grand profession, but it is a noble one."

I didn't answer, but she read my thoughts. 

"This isn't a bad life, Frey. Some have it much worse. Only fools want to be great. Only fools seek glory." 

Fantasy novel written by April Genevieve Tucholke and published in 2018.

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