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- “Hush, child. Where is that garnet!”
- “You can’t Soulcast,” Shallan said weakly, pulling the ties of her pouch open. She upended it, vaguely seeing a fuzzy golden object slip out onto the floor, alongside the garnet that Kabsal had given her.
- Stormfather! Why was the room spinning so much?
- Jasnah gasped. Distantly.
- Fading…
- Something happened. A flash of warmth burned through Shallan, something inside her skin, as if she had been dumped into a steaming hot cauldron. She screamed, arching her back, her muscles spasming.
- All went black.
- ...
- Jasnah came in, and though she made no accusations, her glare was so hostile that Shallan wanted to crawl under her covers and hide. No. She wanted to crawl under the bed, dig down into the floor itself, and put stone between herself and those eyes.
- She settled for looking downward in shame.
- “You were wise to return the Soulcaster,” Jasnah said, voice like ice. “It saved your life. I saved your life.”
- The Way of Kings Chapter 48 & 50
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