Chapter 1-Safety

Immor woke as something brushed against her forehead and she blinked in confusion as she looked up. The light of the room was dim, but she could see the face of her teacher standing over her. The soft gray hair, her dark eyes, and wrinkled skin giving her away, but she was still full of grace and elegance. Immor immediately felt as if she was safe, and she breathed out slowly, her body relaxing against the bed.

“I am not dead…” Immor murmured.

Her teacher, Maybeth, smiled slightly, and shook her head, “No, child, you are not, though you knocked on Hade’s door, thankfully he was not at home,” she sat down at the edge of the bed and looked her face over, “You are very tired. I healed you…in case you were wondering. Your hounds brought you, also in case you were wondering.”

Immor swallowed hard as she glanced around the room. Nothing had changed. This had been her bedroom in finishing school, meaning she was in the finishing school after all. Her hounds probably would have taken her here since they liked her teacher and knew that Immor trusted her. The fire in the hearth was warm, and she could see all the paintings she had made in a corner and the piles of clothing and folded linens that she had prepared from her schooling days were also there.

Immor looked at her teacher and murmured, “How long have I been here?”

“Two days,” she answered, “You were very sick and wounded,” she said, “Though half of it was your fault, your power broke out and nearly killed you. As for the other half, your babe is gone.”

Immor pressed her hand to her stomach and nodded once, “Yes.”

“I have one question,” she said with narrowed eyes, “From the magic of it, the babe was a good few days old…your marriage was younger.”

Immor sat up slowly, grunting in pain but her teacher propped pillows behind her to help her, “I have much to tell you, teacher.”

She narrowed her eyes, “Do tell.”

And so, she did, starting at the beginning when she had gone home back from finishing school, through all the difficulties, and up until that day. They stopped between the stories so that Immor could eat and drink tea to calm herself down when it was difficult to tell the story. Immor did not want to tell her some things, but she forced herself to, and surprisingly, her teacher understood.

Maybeth brushed her finger against her chin, “Your father’s power is indeed great,” she said, “Giving you not only such excellent healing powers, but the power of the sun itself…though you are not strong enough to use it, and I do not recommend you do.”

“It hurts to do so,” she confessed, “I did not want to use it.”

“Yes,” she said with a frown, “As for the enhancement magic inside of you, that is also a powerful gift.”

“Is it?” she asked with a frown, “What could I use it for though?”

“Enhancing anything,” she answered, “For instance, if someone has a flame you can make it a fire, if someone has a drop of ice you can make it an iceberg…make anything bigger.”

Immor thought it over, her eyes narrowing, “I need to figure out what to do.”

“You need to rest before you do so,” she answered, “The King is tracking you down. Thankfully, you came here in the middle of the night and only I know you are back, but if other people knew, then they would tell the king.”

Immor breathed out slowly and closed her eyes, “I need help, to figure out how to get revenge.”

“Must you?” she asked.

Immor opened her eyes and looked at her with a startled expression, “I have to! How can I let him die like that?”

She tilted her head and raised her eyebrow, “Think carefully, Immor. What can you do…to not get revenge? What can you do…to make it all change?”

                                                      Question Time: If you were Immor, what would you do?

                                                    A: Train to be an assassin and kill Herron and the Queen

                                                                B: Become a nun, who needs revenge?

                                                      C: Become a pirate queen and take over the kingdom

                                                                                            D: Other

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