Synopsis
Saelina has had no say in her life, thus far. She's spent the last decade barely eking out a living, on the outskirts of Mahlein, courtesy of her former fiancée and his father, who've pushed her further and further towards starvation.
She has done things most people would find beneath them and still she stands.
Things change when she finds a wounded sorceress in the woods and decides to help the woman in the hopes of a hefty reward.
Ezeas is a Nyxan scout, sent out to retrieve an important weapon, believed to be in the possession of a crafty sorceress.
His country is on the brink of war and needs the help of the dragons, only given to those who posses a bit of the mystical beasts' essence
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"If you did not have to limit yourself to...anything. What would you wish for? What is your truest desire, Saelina?"
"Power."
The answer came without deliberation or pause.
"The power to never starve, to stand on my own, without someone holding me up. To reject whomever I want, whenever I want."
Tahlisa's gaze became more intent and she moved close to her rescuer.
"Say you had that power, right here, right now. What would you do?"
Saelina smiled cruelly. It was a wholly new expression, yet it somehow made her features terrifyingly beautiful, Tahlisa realized.
"I'd burn down the Tower and force the Harrows to watch as their home, their legacy turns to ash."
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Table of Contents
- 11 - Starvation and Strangers2024-11-13
- 22 – Trading and Tea2024-11-13
- 33 – Dreams and Deals2024-11-13
- 44 – Flight and Fight2024-11-13
- 55 - Friends and Fireballs2024-11-13
- 66 – Coma and Conversation2024-11-13
- 77 – Ride and Rumination2024-11-13
- 88 – Treaties and Trysts2024-11-13
- 99 - Training and...Training2024-11-13
- 1010 – Parents and Parchment2024-11-13
- 1111 – Information and Invitation2024-11-13
- 1212 – Squabbling and Sparring2024-11-13
- 1313 – Report and Rendezvous2024-11-13
- 1414 – Curiosity and Curiosities2024-11-13
- 1515 – Defiance and Deference2024-11-13
- 1616 – Deception and Dance2024-11-13
- 1717 – Intrusion and Ice2024-11-13
- 1818 – Injury and Intrigue2024-11-13
- 1919 – Apology and Acknowledgment2024-11-13
- 2020 – Caves and Camps2024-11-13
- 2121 – Dreams and Dread2024-11-13
- 2222 – Pain and Peace2024-11-13
- 2323 – Scorn and Scheme2024-11-13
- 2424 – Combat and Concussion2024-11-13
- 2525 – Healing and Hair2024-11-13
- 2626 – Punches and Pasts2024-11-13
- 2727 - Accusation and Anger2024-11-13
- 2828 – Power and Play2024-11-13
- 2929 – Machinations and Mauling2024-11-13
- 3030 – Stories and Soothing2024-11-13
- 3131 – Confrontation and Comfort2024-11-13
- 3232 – Warning and Wishing2024-11-13
- 3333 – Practice and Panic2024-11-13
- 3434 – Departure and Despair2024-11-13
- 3535 – Subdual and Shatter-Bell2024-11-13
- 3636 – Connection and Conflict2024-11-13
- 3737 – Righting and Regressing2024-11-13
- 3838 – Torment and Truce2024-11-13
- 3939 – Repercussion and Revelation2024-11-13
- 4040 – Soul and Sorrow2024-11-13
- 4141 – Deliverance and Departure2024-11-13
- 4242 – Memory and Mesmerism2024-11-13