Epilogue
Two-hundred years later
Persinette Basile had never been in charge of her own life. That was what her father was telling her.
“Do you understand, Etta?”
How could she understand? She was a kid and only days ago her mother was murdered by the very people hunting them now. Magic. The life force inside her was newly illegal in Gaule. For most of her life, the descendants of Bela lived in peace in Gaule. Their kingdom was long destroyed, but the magic lived on.
Then the purge came. The king of Gaule outlawed magic and hunted down all those carrying its power. Her father, Viktor Basile, had once been his greatest friend, crafting wards around Gaule to keep those with magic in or out. Really, he just wanted to keep one magic-wielder out. La Dame. The villain from stories Etta
