Chapter 23: The Cost of Magic

I stomped over the threshold into the blackened ground that used to be my home. Sorrow clung to me, but rage was slowly building underneath. I wanted to bring my mother back. I wanted to make those who did this pay. I wanted to have a future where I wasn't alone and had my family.

This left me with nothing. I had to make a choice between the evil that did this or the magical academy. Neither choice was perfect. First of all, I hated the sorcerers who did this and I would fight until my last breath to stop them. And second, I didn't fit in with the witches and wizards at school. I was an outsider just as I was before. Third, I really didn't want to leave Jasper, Kento, or Reed.

But right now I had to end this. Had to avenge my mother's pointless death. How long ago had this happened? Two days? The day I left for the academy?