House of Hules

Looking back, maybe it wasn’t all that bad.

Sometimes I wonder if life would’ve been better if Eliza and I had never discovered the truth.

Maybe that’s selfish.

But we might’ve been happier—

or at least, that’s what I like to believe.

Magic is a mystery.

Even now, no one truly understands it.

It flows through the world, choosing its own vessels.

And once it touches you, it never lets go.

I wish that was all I had to tell you.

But my story is darker—

filled with mystery, sacrifice, and loss.

My name is Maddox.

And we should’ve never left the orphanage.

But what choice did we have?