Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Not all devils come from Hell.

Marriette wants to escape her father, accepting an arranged marriage to a cripple, never expecting to find someone she could love.

Zeb is trapped in a weak human body forced to do the will of the mage who summoned him. The cost of his defiance is pain and destruction to all around him.

She sets out to change the Kingdom. If the mage gets his way, Zeb will destroy it.

The Belandria Tarot

Three days after the visitation from the angel, Marriette stood with the king as he shrugged his pack into position again.


"I am not the king," he said, "I am just one more penitent making a pilgrimage."


"I wish you would be the king," Marriette said, "I don't know I am ready for this."


"Think of all that you can do in my absence."


"I do," she said, "and that's what terrifies me."


"Listen to your advisors, but follow your heart," the king said. "You must rule until I have done my penance and have made myself right with God."


"It still seems like a very hard thing, to send you halfway across the world."


"I made a very bad mistake, I, and my country need time to heal. Take good care of our people."


"It will." The king reached out for his queen's hand. "With my queen at my side, I will be fine."


"Goodbye, then, Majesties, and God speed."


Chapter 32: The Fool