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Chapter 29Aria“And what of the coronation?” the Minister of Administration asked. “We need you crowned queen. The longer we go without an established sovereign, the more vulnerable we are to take over.” The short man with a grim countenance had a point.“We’re waiting for Halo,” I said. “Bindi and Sire are trying to find her. I must have my beta here before I can make any decisions. Halo, Sire, Bindi, and myself are the final word. I must consult with them before we move forward with any plans. I’m sorry to keep you waiting, but we have people out looking for her now.”I was in the newly decorated Grand Salon, where I would meet with my beta, mage, and head of the Royal Guard, and, on occasion, other advisors such as the Ministry of Administration. While I understood the minister’s intentions to be well-meaning, he was a frustrating man to relate to because he was relentless. The fact that Halo couldn’t be found, however, was deeply worrying, all the more so because the minister’s u
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Chapter 30LexI tried working with Amadeus to access his memories and restore his spirit, but he was so lost to the chaos of his own mind. I hoped his amnesiac state was only temporary. It was strange that he had retained some of his memories, but not all. He referred to me as if I was still a child, even calling me by my father’s name on occasion.“Come on now, Helix, don’t indulge the boy,” he scolded me as I brought him into his workshop. “With the queen pregnant, you can’t have him running about like a wild stallion. He might topple her over in the halls unexpectedly.”I led him to where a comfortable bed had been arranged for him.“Prince Cheyenne was born twenty-one years ago,” I said, trying to jar Amadeus’s memory and remind him of where he was. But whenever I did, he just looked at me as if I was the crazy one.Then, as if things weren’t bad enough, my wolf felt that Aria was in dire distress. Every nerve and muscle in my body had pulled taught, and I stilled my mind to try
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“You shouldn’t have.” Amadeus looked taken aback. “One must drink the potion from the vial,” he scoffed, holding the cup out at arm’s length.“Does it matter?” I said with an arrogant nonchalance.“It might change the potion’s properties.” Amadeus shook his head in disgust.“I’m so sorry,” I said, sounding contrite. “There’s another one, but that would be it. I guess if you needed to see her again, you wouldn’t be able to.” I was starting to shake, knowing Aria was in trouble, but that I was still a long way away from her.“Ack, incompetence. Why do I need a mage assistant? You’re useless. I’m perfectly fine on my own.” With that, Amadeus drank the contents of the cup.I’d never told Amadeus I was his assistant, but he must have assumed I was. In any case, the ruse worked well enough for me to assess his condition. Within a few minutes, Amadeus fell back on the bed, and I covered him with the duvet before I left his workshop in search of Nan. When I found her in the nursery with the c
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“No,” I shot back. “You’re mistaken. I signed a treaty that said I wouldn’t hide Aria in Navarrah City. It didn’t say anything about what Aria could do in her own kingdom. Polonius has no jurisdiction over her lands.” I seethed as I tried to get Aria away from him.“For the crimes of treason against Brahman’s Peak, Tobran, and the Warlord Polonius for theft of classified documents and the attempt to seduce and kidnap his intended spouse, I sentence you to death.”But just as Sire made his accusations, Bindi broke free of the guard holding her. The guard had momentarily shifted his focus to Sire, and Bindi used his instant of bemusement to kick him in the balls with the heel of her shoe. He let out a loud grunt, freeing her to escape and attack Sire.I didn’t wait a second longer. I hoisted Aria over my shoulder and ran as the guards took off after me.Onyx Rah Royal Guards appeared from hiding places around the kingdom as I ran as fast as I could toward the castle. There, Aria had a w
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I wasn’t giving up, but giving in. I had to regain my strength. I needed to try another strategy—fighting and magic weren’t leading us anywhere. So, I walked to the door as Lex lunged for me. I used the last of my energy to hold him back with magic, and I opened the door to face Sire.“I don’t want anyone to die,” I told the mage in a somber tone.“I know,” was all he said as he opened the door wider, and guards moved inside the workshop.I had spelled the workshop against anyone whom I didn’t want in there so Lex could be there, but so could Sire. I’d truly never thought he would betray us. I’d believed in him, and learned just how I I’ve been with his treason.I focused my mind on conjuring up a stronghold of protection that no one could pass. I had to keep Lex safe, and I only thought of Cheyenne and Gabrielle as trustworthy enough to release him.I felt the burn in my veins and knew the magic worked. As soon as the soldiers approached the door, they were zapped and burned by magic
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And now Aria was screaming, at the mercy of Sire Vanoire and Polonius.I couldn’t take it anymore. I tried beating down the door with my foot, but it didn’t budge; all the kicking did was hurt my foot. I then attempted to smash the window and climb down, and as I did, I saw Bindi and her troops fighting with great skill and effort. But it wasn’t enough. There were too many Crypt Claw.As I smashed the window with a huge, leather-bound volume, the glass didn’t break. I looked around the room for something else to throw at the window, my wolf howling to be released.“I know,” I said to him under my breath. “I’m trying.” The amount of fear trembling around Aria was too much for my wolf.I looked down at the city square again. Now, Bindi was on her knees at the point of a sword while other Royal Guards were being killed and brought down in submission. When I saw Aria on her knees with her head bowed and Polonius hovering over her, I shifted, practically losing my mind as I lunged and dive
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Chapter 1AriaI tumbled down into a cacophony of sound and heat. Lava bubbled from the Genesis Pit I had voluntarily jumped into, spitting up from the depths and searing my skin.I was determined to unlock the mage within me. While I was driven to take that jump, falling into molten lava with the magma burning every inch of my body suddenly felt like a bad decision as pain seared every nerve. I was buoyed on the sounds of screaming and song.The wailing came from people who wanted me back among the living, and the songs came from those who were already dead. A vision flashed before me, but it wasn’t my life I saw. It was their memory of the moment Warlord Zonas marched his troops into the Onyx Rah kingdom. People fled their homes in distress as the Crypt Claw soldiers fought Onyx Rah’s Royal Guard. Black wolves battled fiercely to protect their people and their homes, but the Crypt Claw army were too many in number and too ruthless in temperament to defeat.As my bones cracked and br
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As I exited the pool, I shifted into my wolf and was surprised to find that she, too, had been made more beautiful by the ordeal. She was black with a trail of blond diamond fur patches down her back and on the tips of her ears and paws. She was massive, much bigger and stronger than before.I could feel magic pulsing through the air as it filled my body with an undeniable force. I’d unlocked my mage, yet beyond that, I carried with me the power of all those souls who had perished. I was their voice, their beacon, and their chance for resurrection.I wanted to tell Lex I’d found my mage, but then I remembered I’d jumped into the pit with him screaming and wailing for me to stop. He must’ve thought I was dead. I had to get to him and let him know that not only had I survived, I was thriving in a way I’d never thought possible.I looked around me to find a way out. Magma and lava flowed everywhere. Above me, in a pool of bubbling lava, was the Genesis Pit. The air was hot and thick with
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