MILAI had no idea how long I had been in the library, but time seemed to pass differently here. The lanterns flickering on the stone walls gave no indication of what time of day it was outside, and no sunlight could penetrate these thick walls.Despite the pressure to fix all magic weighing on my s
FELIXI practically sprinted out of Esmeralda’s chambers all the way to the castle courtyard, where a majority of our guards were quartered.“I need your help!” I called out to the captain of the guard as I jogged over to him.The captain, an older man who had trained me in swordfighting when I was
FELIXWe traversed the countryside for days.In every village and small town, it was the same story. Villagers were extremely wary of the royal guards, some even outright refusing to speak to our little brigade. Christopher and the other guards tried hard to be as upbeat and cheerful as possible, bu
MILAAfter leaving the library, I was pulsating with magic. It surged through my veins, sparking at my fingertips. It was as if everything inside me was finally awake and alive, and now my body was almost too small to contain all my power.I pressed my hands into the ground, shocked by the blast of
ISABELLAI hated my new life in the United States.I understood why Mila had chosen to banish me here–it was a cruel, unforgiving place, a stark reminder of what she must have lived through before coming to Fresonia. If I didn’t know any better, I would think that I was developing empathy for what t
CHARLESThe dungeons were a torture chamber of the worst sort. All I knew now was darkness and silence, and I could feel it eating away at my very soul.I had no idea if I had become nocturnal. There was never any daylight down here, so I had no way of knowing if I was still sleeping at night or not
FELIXI stood in front of the Library of Magic, my body shaking at the proximity to so much power.I could feel it–the remnants of that magical flare. It was still humming in the ground, and despite the snow falling around me, I did not feel cold in the slightest.At last I was here, in the presence
FELIXI had to sit with that knowledge for a long time. At the end of the day, yes, the curse had been cast and that had doomed me and Mila over and over again, but my own actions–and the actions of my past selves–had devastated each and every version of Mila.The past versions of myself were as muc