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 clicked my fingers, disappeared into a fog, and reappeared a few feet in the air above the spot where Queen Vivian had landed.


Disappearing into another fog brought me back onto the cliff.


Anastasia, Raquel, and Stefan arrived in a poof of fog.


“What are you doing here?” I asked.


Stefan pulled me to him. “You can’t be reckless—I’d die if something happened to you.”


Raquel frowned. “Where’s Queen Vivian?”


“She drowned in the water,” I said.


Raquel looked at Anastasia and then at Stefan. “Which one of you is going to take over as ruler of Magnifico?”


Stefan shook his head back and forth. “Not me.”


“I want nothing to do with the monarchy either,” Anastasia said.


“The throne should go to you,” Stefan said, staring at me.


I snorted at his suggestion. “I don’t know anything about ruling.”


“It’s okay. You’ll learn.” Stefan patted my shoulder.


Chapter 83