‘Where am I?’ Eloise woke up abruptly to find herself by a small pond, in the middle of a very large garden. The cool evening breeze blew wisps of her dark red hair into her face.
She looked down to find herself in a beautiful white gown. She slowly stood to her feet confused.
‘My wedding day?’ But that was two days from now. She quickly touched her stomach to find no stab wounds. She found no blood in her palms either. She swore they were filled with blood minutes ago
The scene of Cole stabbing her was so vivid now. 
She died......
Yes, she died. She would never mistake the fear she felt while, Cole pushed her off the balustrade. It was real. She knew what she felt. The sharp piercing pain from the cold iron knife, he stabbed her with. The satisfaction in his eyes while he stabbed her multiple times. The hate.
 Pure hate, she thought.
But why?
Why would the love of her life kill her? 
Most importantly, why wasn’t she dead yet? Yes, she was the Phoenix. She could rise from the ashes every time she died but not this time. She was sealed.
Yes, by that woman. She’d seen that tattoo on her hand before, but where? 
Oh, she remembered it all perfectly now. There was a witch circle, the seal of the condemned, a bright red moon and her blood.... 
 She fell from a three-story building, right to the bottom of the pool. She spent her last breath drowning because she couldn’t swim. 
What a terrible way to die, she thought. Or maybe not.... She was alive, wasn’t she?
Some terrible dream that was......

INTO THE FLAMES.

“Of all the places in Thornton, who would have thought we would find you here?” Haren said as looked from Miles to Scourge. 


The two were seated at a corner table in a tavern called the Stain End. Several people glanced their way and gossiped amongst themselves. 


“And I thought I was the popular one,” Scourge mumbled as she sipped her cup of ale. 


Miles sat quietly stirring the cold broth before him while listening to the whispers going on around him. 


“What do you expect, the Lord Inquisitor in a closed tavern in the Black Damps, far away from his exquisite castle? That is bound to turn a few heads,”, Echo said. She shifted closer to take in his scent. 


“You smell good as always,” she whispered in his ear seductively. 


“Thank you, Echo,” Miles replied with a smile. 


“So, tell me, found anyone yet?” Echo asked him. 


Chapter 31(The Queen of the Underworld)