Ilayda is doing her last test on horseback. She must shoot three arrows into three haybales as targets to pass. She rides past the last one, but as she shoots, she feels magic or something push the arrow away from the bullseye. She cries in her mother's arms and stays in her bedroom for a day. She thinks she is not good enough for her mother's love and is hurt. She also loses the only chance to tr...

And then I was thrust into a world of scents and sounds. Apple pie, blueberry muffins, strawberry and cream ice cream, and the rich dark smell of chocolate cake. As I whirled around, taking in the aroma, I closed my eyes and began to hear. Sounds of whisks and beaters out back, the sound of chitchat and sipping of coffee, the clicks and clacks of distant keyboards underneath fingers. It felt good ...

I've seen stolen kisses wrapped in bundles of heat and desire. I've seen utter grief and endless snotty tears. I've watched as the elderly are buried beneath the same green, lush grass they once ran through as children. I've felt the scraping of blades against my bark, leaving marks engraved in my skin. Over and over until I was bare no more, simply a canvas for others to claim. I began to see my ...

Kian and this lady who made the curse are in kahoots at least they were but the lady threatened to unalive him but he ran away as he was sacred and wanted power. The curse is broken when Kian dies and the old hag gets called out of her hole and then she releases the dragons....

At first kians intentions are pure but the it turns and he wants the kingdom for his own so her terrorises a mortal kingdom for 75 years till they give him a baby girl so he can be sacrificed so that they kingdom can ‘thrive’ and Kian can have it for his own....

When the prince and they human girl were little they were friends they ran away together when they were both 4. They would splash in puddles and have races. Make flower crowns and the prince would show her his powers. But one day she disappeared he shortly forgot about her, when the prince has dreams about her he remembers again. When they finally meet he had to chase her down. He hated her and so...

At first the prince despises the girl as she is annoying to him. But he is jealous of her until they enjoy each others company but then they expand to lovers down the path....

They were good friends and the king had favour towards him until he started getting crazy with his conspiracy theories and it took over him. The king was worried for his friend and then Kian left for 75 years....

Her adoptive mother is told the secrets about ilayda and the prince but she keeps them a secret too. Ilayda always wonders why she is different from her ‘mother’ but when she asks her why she never gets a whole answer....

The blood. He has the ability to kill the land with his blood or make it flourish....