Ciara loved singing but when her magical powers manifest in her voice at a very young age, she has to make a very difficult decision to protect the people she cares about. Giving up on a dream is not easy.

And her past will come back one day to haunt her.

This is a short story from the Yokai Treasures series, starring one of the main characters from Sword and Mirror, a Fantasy Romance novel set in 16th-century Japan (time travel involved!), introducing one of the main characters, Ciara Coleman. Free to read. These short stories can be read in any order, before, or after reading the corresponding books in the main series.