Impractical Magic
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Last published Mon, May 17, 2021
When the world hates you for things you can't control, you tend to become bitter. When the world simultaneously demands your services, you become jaded. When the world throws you endless curveballs that never stop, you adapt... quickly.
My life has never been simple, I am a mistake of nature. "Too powerful for my own good" or so said my mothers coven when they threw me out at fifteen. They will come to regret that soon.
In the world of magic and creatures, power is everything. When you have it, there is always a price on your head. I was going to use mine to destroy everything my former coven held dear.
Even if it kills me.
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