The Sundering Star

The Sundering Star, a short story set in Athera from the Wars of Light and Shadows series:

Long before Mankind sought refugee settlement on the world of Athera, Koriathain served as a secret society, sworn to humanitarian intervention. In a short story from these ancient roots, a young woman bound between two clandestine identities faces a terrible choice, while caught in the teeth of a pivotal encounter that must alter her fate, and the course of history.

This story is best enjoyed after finishing Warhost of Vastmark.