So long had the laws of the sciences tethered humans to their mundanity. Nature demands a balance, they mused and obeyed, lest it collapse into itself in fire and brimstone and cosmic dust.

Elior did not care what it was they thought, nor did he care to even ponder the verity of their claims. He, powerful and revered, did not hold himself to such limitations.

In an ironic twist of fate, the apo...

Tilda swiped at her brow and scanned her eyes once more over the list of ingredients. 

_Cinnamon_. Check. 

_Blue lotus_. Check. 

_Eye of newt._ Check. 

_Vocal cords of a virgin_—she swung her hand up to drop the bloodied sinew into the bowl beside her and watched with great fascination as clouds of red burst forth to muddy the moon water. _Check_. Those had been quite a pain to harvest, very m...

An oppressive energy blanketed the training room as its heavy steel door burst open at a speed that would have been difficult to achieve for most of the insurrectionists.

Most of them.

The trainees fell silent as Wren’s towering frame stepped through the door. Aislin went still beside Caen, as if the blood had turned to crystallized frost in her veins.

She was _terrified_ of him.

The revelatio...