MILADeath was not what I expected. I could still feel my heart beating, albeit slowly. The world was not dark, either. I was standing in a vaguely familiar field, the warm breeze tickling my neck and flowers saying at my feet.Wait. I knew this field from somewhere.My visions. This is what I had s
Samuel was ambushed on his way to battle, jumped by mercenaries working for Abernathy. They beat him with clubs and poured a drug into his wounds that would slow his magical healing. When Samuel was brought back to the castle, his advisors looked at me with fear in their eyes.“I can save him,” I pr
SOFIAI had been trapped in the void for so long, I had forgotten what it was like to be alive.I was not a ghost, exactly–I wasn’t haunting anybody or bound to a specific place. Rather, my last burst of magic had bound me to the In-Between Realm, a plane of existence in which Mila now dwelled.As I
FELIXThe sight of Mila’s dead body caused my legs to buckle under me. I wasn’t aware that I was falling until my knees hit the cold stone beneath me, sending ringing pain throughout my body.But none of that compared to the pain that was in my heart.Mila was dead. Mila was dead, and it was all my
SOFIAI could tell that Mila was still doubtful of her role in all of this, which meant that I had to prove to her just how important she was to the grand scheme of magic.I had made enough mistakes–it was high time that I started to right these ancient wrongs.Magic was power, and power was all wel
ISLAMy best friend, my queen, was dead, and my kingdom was falling to shambles around me.Our only hope now resided in King Felix, who had locked himself in his chambers and refused to eat, sleep, or even speak to anyone who wasn’t me or Joseph.The loss of Mila sat heavy with all of us. With the K
It was heartbreaking to see my king in such a state. At this point, Felix was more than my king–he was my friend, and to see him so completely and utterly lost was startling. Even Joseph, who I knew had accompanied Felix to many a nightclub in his day, squirmed with discomfort at the sight of his ol
MILAIf being in Sofia’s In-Between realm was a shock to the system, nothing could have prepared me for what she was getting ready to reveal.I was still reeling from the news that she had been Fresonia’s first queen–and that the love that Felix and I once shared was the only thing keeping the magic