“Again.” Ferromancer’s voice is like a whip crack echoing through the vast space of her workshop. It lashes down my spine and jolts my nervous system into frenzied action, but the joke’s on her—I was already moving before the word…
There’s something incredibly surreal about sitting across from a dangerous witch while she tears into a plate of carne asada fries like her life depends on it. Pandora left shortly after introductions were over, so it’s just me and the…
Ferromancer’s boast echoes through her workshop. No one challenges her claim, not even the boisterous Bombshell or the mysterious stranger watching from above. Everyone but me seems to know exactly who she is. I give Ferromancer a second, more appraising…
“Are you cooking breakfast?” The disbelief in Sophia’s voice is a little rude, but I’ll grant her that it’s probably been over a year since I cooked anything in our household, let alone breakfast. Hell, I’m barely ever awake this…
After I’ve had my fill of the snow and trees, I fly back to Forks and figure out how to retrieve my phone from wherever it goes when I’m transformed. I swiftly navigate to the private server where all my…
Pandora finds me atop the Leyton & Messier commercial skyscraper, looking out on the city of Forks from a brand new viewpoint. The battle with Thunderclap was chaotic, but ultimately short; it’s still midday. The city is alive and bustling.…
“Thunderclap, report.” Striga hovers over the battlefield we’ve made of the mall parking lot. As ever, the knight in shining armor is completely unreadable. Her mouth, visible below the owl mask covering her eyes, is set in an expressionless line.…
Her sapphire axe comes swinging for my neck and I jump away with combat reflexes I definitely didn’t have ten minutes ago. My feet never hit the ground, my body held aloft by a pair of wings that biologically shouldn’t…
Mere seconds after becoming a witch and I’m already burning alive. I would call it just my luck, but this is excessive even for me. Bright green fire erupts spontaneously and swirls around my body like serpents of living flame.…
Agreeing immediately would make me come off as desperate, which I am and it probably knows I am, but it’s bad form to admit that. I do really, really want to become a witch. It’s exciting! It could solve all…