![]() Her heart pounded as she turned her back on the chaos and pressed her bleeding palm-and the stone still curled within it-to the nearest wall. ![]() Lila reached the road she was looking for and staggered to a stop, knife already out, blade pressing to the flesh of her hand. The name rang through her with all the force of an order, a plea. And back at the palace, the prince of Arnes-Rhy-was dying, which meant that somewhere, a world away, so was Kell. A city oblivious to the horror happening at its heart. ![]() When she had only just discovered that people could be possessed, or bound like rope, or turned to stone.įireworks thundered in the distance, met by cheers and chants and music, all the sounds of a city celebrating the end of the Essen Tasch, the tournament of magic. A token stolen in another life, when magic and the idea of multiple worlds were new to her. Hold on, Kell, she thought as she sprinted through the streets of Red London, still clutching the shard of stone that had once been part of Astrid Dane’s mouth. ![]() Delilah Bard-always a thief, recently a magician, and one day, hopefully, a pirate-was running as fast as she could. ![]()
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