part 1

"Lilianna, dear, I don't even understand why you're allowed to stay here on your own!" "Because, sister, I am old enough. Besides, you were living in this house on your own when you were my age." Gracia rolled her eyes. It had been nearly two years since she was last in Alliria which means...

Epilogue: Part I A flash of lightning split the sky. Rain fell upon the street, and upon him there in it. Black blood muddled with water as it ran across the cobblestone, and as the tension of the battle eased he took a breath and looked around. Here, in this place that he knew nothing...