Page 13 of The Tenth Muse
Warts & Claws Inc. Series
Not So Kind Regards
Not So Best Wishes
Not So Thanks in Advance
Not So Yours Truly
Not So Much Appreciated
Freaks of Nature Duet
Doves & Demons
Demons & Doves
Three Fates Mafia Series
Thieves & Monsters
Killers & Monsters
Queens & Monsters
Kings & Monsters
Galactic Gems Series
Cosmic Kiss
Cosmic Crush
Cosmic Heat
Standalones
Nocturnal
death’s songbird
L.R. Friedman
author’s note
Content Considerations
Death's Songbird is a dark and whimsical Nightingale retelling with themes relating to grief, death, sexuality, and oppression.
prelude
. . .
Not every splendorwas born with wings.
Mine either never existed or they were clipped before I could crawl. Gone, along with the rest of my kind.
The forest nymphs found me left behind at the base of a fig tree nestled in a bed of moss, the tree’s roots tangled up around me like gnarled ribbons. They wrapped around its trunk, reaching toward the stars, branches crawling through the inky night sky.
