*Mae*

Mae was very still as she awoke in the morning. Her room at her grandmother's house seemed the same. The room smelled the same, and the sun’s beams sparkled off the delicate crystals around the space. But the energy was different. Mae was different. She could feel her magic inside of her awakening to a different level of control.

The conversation with her grandmother had set a new tone for the future. It set off something darker in Mae and ...