Requiem (Burning Stars, #1.5)

One day was all it took for Zethra's life to completely fall apart.

What should have been a victory turned out to be bittersweet at best. Her consort, Ishvar, had ensured that a cure for the Rehoz Virus was uploaded at the cost of his own life.

Zethra must bring him home to be buried. But she's not ready to let him go... and isn't sure if she ever will be.