Nonmagical people are being demonized and falsely blamed for Magnifico’s economic problems after Queen Vivian’s bloody rise to power. But politics very quickly become more than abstract views to argue about when secret police wolves are deployed throughout the country to kill those born without magical abilities.<br><br>Seventeen-year-old Maximillian’s best friend Katherine is one such nonmagical person. In a bid to keep her safe, Maximillian turns to the queen’s estranged younger brother, a man thought to be dead until recently.<br><br>Prince Stefan is nineteen years old and has been in hiding from his family for years. He has no desire to resurface in the political world. Can Maximillian convince him the country needs him before it’s too late?

In the Name of Magic

“I’ve got my magic,” Prince Stefan said.


I gripped my hands together. “You hated your sister enough to run away from home? Because that seems a little dramatic.”


A thought popped into my mind despite how asking the question might make me seem presumptuous. “You wouldn’t happen to know why Magnifico is in black-and-white, would you?”


He snickered. “I was so angry right after I ran away that I cast a curse so everyone would see things as dreary and bleak as I did.”


“Some nonmagical people are afraid of what’s going to happen to them,” I said.


There was a good chance goose bumps might cling to my arms when I tried falling asleep tonight. Prince Stefan had gone beyond his initial point of having disdain toward his sister. He had actually acknowledged out loud Katherine’s sentiment that nonmagical people had reason to be afraid of Queen Vivian.


I raised my eyebrows. “What do you mean?”


Chapter 7