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One I am sitting at the foot of my mother’s tiny bed when I open my eyes. I’m back inside of our cottage again, watching her fade away. I already know what thought is coming next. This is all my fault. I should have gone with her. I feel her hand on mine and I look up. “This isn’t your fault.” She coughs out the words. As she smiles at me her hand moves over to the small bedside table. “No…mother. Please.” My shoulders shake as she slides the necklace over her head. The Novostone shines bril...

Seven Jack hovers outside of Nex’s cottage and listens. The six creatures he sees standing inside fill him with something that he is quite unfamiliar with, dread. Nex he knows he can handle. She is immature and unsure of herself. These six are frighteningly self-possessed. It would take special cunning to make his way through them and to Nex. He wants her power, and before he takes it he wants her. The time here passes as if there were no time at all and Jack is becoming more and more unrave...

Jack Lauhgton sat behind the large oak desk in his office and stared at the photograph of his wife Elizabeth. She was standing in front of their home and was gesturing grandly at the Fleur-de-lis that she had painted around the exterior. Her blonde curls gently framed her soft features. She was as beautiful to him as she had been the day they met seven years ago. He was hurrying back to the office after wasting too much time browsing his morning paper when he saw her. She was walking out of M...

I dropped to my knees and placed my hands on the ground and they were nearly hidden by the flowing sleeves of my cloak. I’d have to remember to shorten them someday. I focused the energy I’d gathered into the novostone. It shone a blinding garnet when it activated, filling the grove with crimson light that I knew could be seen for miles through the village. I got a telepathic glimpse of a man and his wife as they stood in their field, staring at the rusty streak that splashed across the sky. ...

I failed; I can’t believe I failed. What am I talking about? Of course I failed. Hubris is deadly. Didn’t my mother tell me that once? There was only one solution. I would have to kill him now. His soul belonged to the keepers, and he was being punished for my arrogance. Who was I to interfere in their duty? Who was I to take without fair trade? “You are my daughter, Nyx.” The voice boomed out from behind me. Zeus. “Why didn’t you warn me about this? Why didn’t you stop me?” I had to blame so...