She’s finally done it. Mother’s pushed me over the edge. The woman has taken things from me. People. One of them I can never get back. She started this war thinking we’d simply fall down at her feet. You know, kiss her expensive little stilettos. After all, she’s the most powerful mage in existence. And she’s got help. We’re outnumbered and, to be honest, outmatched. But me and Rik? Together, we might just be enough. Fate has brought us together—irrevocably and in ways we never saw coming. And that’s not all. A darkness has awoken within me, and I have to admit, I kinda like it. It gives me power like I’ve never had before. I see the other mages, scampering out of my way like I’m some kind of monster. Maybe I am. Doesn’t matter. What’s important is that Mother knows I’m coming for her. Her reign? It’s ending. And it won’t be the only thing I destroy when I get there.