Mark was alone in the moonlit palace archives, dusty scrolls and worn books scattered out on the table before him. Ash-scented dust hung in the air. His eyes ached from reading for hours, but he couldn't quit. He had to understand what was occurring to Cassie.
One entry, older than the others, took his breath away.
"Witchblood Lineages of the Forgotten Era."
He opened it slowly. On page four, he discovered a familiar crest, a thorn-wolf curled up with a serpent, crowned, black as night. It was the identical mark he'd noticed on the back of Cassie's neck once when she'd been out cold.
It said:
"Das Blumenprojekt
"A bloodline born of betrayal and sealed vengeance. The accursed marriage of the Wolf King and the Witch of Ash. Their daughter will return when the seal is broken. She will b
