Rae_Lynn_2010
Magic was the curse she never knew she wanted, it was the curse he couldn't escape...
Julius has never liked being different, where he came from magic was deemed a curse, anyone who possessed it was sent away or worse, isolated. Isolated from growing up, being normal, having a chance to live. People with magic were perceived as dangerous, people looked not only at them with disgust but also their family's. that's why Julius decided to run, to run away from this town, his family. After five long years on the run Julius finds something, someone, who finally gives him a reason to stay.
Octavia grew up in the heart of Ether, a city overflowing with magic. Everyone seemed to have their own bit of magic no matter how small, everyone but her. Octavia was already 17 with no magic in her foreseeable future considering most people got their magic around the age of 6. All of her siblings had it, her parents, and her entire extended family. Feeling broken and unwanted by her family and the kingdom Octavia decides to take fate into her own hands and go visit her estranged Aunt Aelin and cousin Riven. After some questionable advice and a turn of fate things were finally looking up....until they weren't.