In the kingdom of Atrye, seventeen-year-old Cordelia Cerny is a powerful witch, though she has not yet come of age in her coven. When her coven is captured by the king, she must escape, following rumors to find aid from a girl immune to malignant magic, lest her family is tortured until death. Certain that this girl is key to saving her family, Cordelia sets off to Reyothan, the last known location of the fairy-blessed girl, knowing every moment passing is a moment-and a potential family member-lost. Nineteen-year-old Aster Foursp is a fairy-blessed soldier. After she is demoted from the Reyothani princess's personal guard, she travels to the Rhudis Citadel on the border where a traveler, who recognizes her blessing, begs for her aid. Aster agrees, but has misgivings a few days later when she finds out Cordelia is a witch- the very thing her parents taught her to mistrust. Will she continue with Cordelia to save the coven, or will she return to a life she knows all too well?
In the kingdom of Atrye, seventeen-year-old Cordelia Cerny is a powerful witch, though she has not yet come of age in her coven. When her coven is captured by the king, she must escape, following rumors to find aid from a girl immune to malignant magic, lest her family is tortured until death. Certain that this girl is key to saving her family, Cordelia sets off to Reyothan, the last known location of the fairy-blessed girl, knowing every moment passing is a moment-and a potential family member-lost. Nineteen-year-old Aster Foursp is a fairy-blessed soldier. After she is demoted from the Reyothani princess's personal guard, she travels to the Rhudis Citadel on the border where a traveler, who recognizes her blessing, begs for her aid. Aster agrees, but has misgivings a few days later when she finds out Cordelia is a witch- the very thing her parents taught her to mistrust. Will she continue with Cordelia to save the coven, or will she return to a life she knows all too well?
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