Forgiven

Forgiveness is a tricky thing. True forgiveness is never earned, but freely given, and often forgotten …Waking up in a new village, Kiara finds herself rescued and safe … or so everyone keeps telling her. Even Hadyn seems to have forgotten the horrors they went through in Tykaraijre. But Kiara won't. The carnage of the scar on her palm won't let her forget even for a moment, and her guilt threatens to take her under.As she waits for her body to heal, greater even are the wounds of her heart, and for some time it is uncertain if she'll ever be the same again. But she has to try.After all, her mother is still lost and Kiara yet has a journey ahead of her. Teaming up with a formidable Arokno warrior, Kiara and Hadyn set off into the jungle once more, facing flooded marshlands and the creatures lurking beneath; cannibals; and the great heights of the tepuis. The trials test them like never before. But none of it can stop Kiara from getting to her mother, none of it can dim her anticipation. Kiara had been searching for the light all her life, but she realized she was never prepared to actually let it in. It's not until she forgives herself that she will be able to find any strength at all, not until she allows herself to be forgiven.