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You need to prepare yourself.
“ But, why would this happen just from me changing one event of my life?” I asked, motioning at the window were fires blazed vibrantly just outside it. “How could it lead to all this.”
“Don’t you remember the butterfly effect?” he asked.
“This all happened because I never handed you over to Stephan that day, therefore he had to work harder to try and capture you. So he has been igniting the Mark of Malefiscus on the foll owers of Malefiscus—something he was going to originally do when the portal opened. He did it so they can help him capture you…And thanks to Stephan and his memory tampering abilities, they think they’ve been born with the mark.” He gestured at the window. “They think this is the way things are supposed to be.”
“But this witch, Medea, she said they were waiting for Stephan to perfect the Mark of Immortality before they started hurting people.” I glanced at the window, out at the chaos. “Does that mean he’s perfected it?” Nicholas smiled, but didn’t answer.
“So can we fix it?” I asked in a panic stricken voice. “Can we make all the madness out there stop?”
He gri
Shaking my head, I sank to the floor, wishing desperately that Alex was here.
“And what if we can’t?” I asked, hugging my knees to my chest.
The only answer I got was the fire crackling in the streets.
Jessica Sorensen lives with her husband and three kids in the snowy mountains of Wyoming, where she spends most of her time reading, writing, and hanging out with her family.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38