“What are we doing here again?” I glanced back at the twenty-foot wall topped with razor wire that surrounded the mansion. “His name is Argo Milliner. You just have to say hello and thank you for the scholarship, and we leave. It’s just polite.” My mother nudged me toward the door. It was heavy wood,…
Tag: Magic
The Blessing of Pain
“Don’t do this.” That’s my teacher. Shellan. She taught me everything I know about magic. She taught me to channel my life energy to work wonders. And she was always there to comfort me afterward when I would writhe and scream in agony. “I’m not afraid!” I hiss back at her. “I know! But you…
It Spoke in Colors
It spoke in colors, and I couldn’t understand. I wouldn’t understand. That was the first command they beat into us when we took our oaths and donned our robes. We would not see colors, we would not know them, we would not name them, we would not claim them, but all the same, it spoke…