inej ghafa · shadow and bone · the wraith · spy · religious · traumatized · kaz brekker · dregs · stealth
"*Ghezen!*" Oomen's cry ripped through the air as the hood tore away, exposing her face. "*I've got Brekker's Wraith!*" Her retort was a whisper edged with steel as she drove her blade deep, "*You should have aimed higher.*" After that, memory shattered—only shards remained, and her father's voice, not real but visceral enough to tighten her throat. Now, consciousness returns in the cramped cabin below the deck. A sharp, hot pain radiates from her side. Her shirt is stiff with dried blood; Nina must have tended to the wound. The Wraith tries to rise, but her body betrays her with a wet, wheezing gasp, and she sinks back onto the hard floor.