He did not move from the spot where he stood.
He did not hear Jace calling out to him.
He did not notice the key slip from his fingers, making a little clang on the cobblestone floor.
The only thing that crossed his mind were the words that he whispered out loud.
"You're alive."
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Rayna Imperium was about to celebrate her tenth birthday, and she couldn't have been more excited. There was to be a big celebration in her honor, everyone from around the kingdom was to be there, near and far, including her best friend Theo Serpentine. What was most important to her though was that she would finally come into her powers as a witch, or Pytho as some called them.
But on the eve of her birthday, tragedy struck when the former King of Somnium, Malum Serpentine, takes out the King of Terra. Through a course of events, Queen Ella, was taken prisoner when accused of the murder. Her Uncle Kalevi, Captain of the royal guard, the Bellator's, must hide Rayna away, keeping her identity a secret when the kingdom thinks the princess died along with the king.
With the help of Rayna's Aunt Catherina, her cousin Cyrus and her friend Jewel, she prepares to become a witch, a leader, and as others join them, a fighter. Each step of the way, Rayna learns about who she is and finds out secrets that happened long before her. Along the way, she runs into old friends and meets some new as well as enemies that she cannot see. As her eighteenth birthday draws near, she waits for when she can take back the throne, but as she has come to learn first-hand, nothing ever goes as planned.
***Completed on Wattpad; May 8, 2020***
***Published on Wattpad: January 21, 2020***
***Completed: December 26, 2019***
***Created: February 28, 2019***
Do paranormal things, witches and magic exist?
There are gifts that are waiting to be discovered. The mythical power is just waiting beyond the deepest darkest tunnel of the unknown. Only the brave learns to test the waters amidst the labyrinth of its knotted mystery.
PLEASE, NO PLAGIARISM. (~Created July 6, 2018:Finished August 5, 2018~)
Being engrossed in studying his current case detained him from leaving at once until he forgot the time. He never mentioned to Hera that he's going home after two decades. Only his youngest child knows of his trip back home.
Whether he believes in curse or not. It's his 45th birthday tomorrow and he must be home to keep his promise to his mother. His family had never forsaken him, he did. He'd been ignoring their summons since he turned his back from them. Perhaps it's time to grant their plea.
He closes his office and walks to the elevator.
"Good evening, Artemis." The man in a black jacket greets him.
Artemis smiles at the stranger. "Do I know you?"
The stranger puts his arm around the stunned lawyer. Behind the unknown man's dark glasses are bloodshot eyes ready to scare the wits out of his prey.
"Your mother does. She's expecting me to greet you happy birthday." Removing his dark glasses, he stares at his victim to corrupt his eyes.
Insurmountable fear assaults Artemis as excruciating pain drills on his eyeballs. A horrible scream slits through the silence of the night when the clock strikes twelve.
As the elevator opens, the stranger loosens his grip and the victim falls on the floor. Covering his bleeding eyes, Artemis winces from severe pain.
The man whistles away as he walks past the dead body of the security guard in the lobby to the snowy road outside the building. His victim crawls out of the closing elevator.
The curse is true. He must get into his car before his sight totally leaves him. He must warn his family.
" I must save Athena!"