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The Mystic Forest training grounds were really something. They were not made of dirt and wood like you would think. No they were made of this energy that pulsed through everything. Malachi took me to a clearing where the trees grew in a circle. Their leaves were all silver and shiny because of the Aether that was always being released.Malachi said, "The Royal Pack thinks Aether is like a battery that you can use up and throw away." He was standing there with his shirt off. You could see the glowing tattoos all over his body. They were like a map of his history or something. ". For a Celestial like me Aether is more like a conversation. You do not take the power Elowen. You are the power."Prince Lucius was standing on the edge of the clearing watching me with this look on his face. He was flanked by his guards, who were all wearing emerald green. He had a goblet of wine in his hand. Said, "Show us what you can do Princess. Or do I need to send one of my guards to show you how it is d

The ballroom was once a fancy place but now it was like a bad dream. The nobles were. The Void-stalkers were making this weird tearing sound as they climbed through the broken stained glass.I was only looking at him Caspian.Caspian was standing in the middle of all the chaos. He did not look like the guy I used to know or the broken guy I had sent away. He looked empty like a shell. His neck had these veins and his eyes were just empty holes."Caspian " I said his name. It felt like I was saying something bad."He called to the darkness and the darkness came, " Malachi said in a voice right next to my ear. He was already changing his tattoos. Making shadows on the floor. "Elowen stay back that is not a wolf anymore.""I came for you Elowen, " Caspian said, his voice all raspy. Every time he spoke the floor got all frosty."The North was really cold without you, " Caspian said. "The shadows told me that if I opened the door they would give me the power to take what is mine."He raise

The Northern Reach was not happy to see us. It was cold. The sleet was turning into heavy snow that stuck to my silver dress. The fabric was getting heavy and wet. Ryker and Malachi got up from the mud. My brothers, Kaelen and Jaxon changed back into their forms. They were cold and tired from the jump."The Iron-Claw border " Kaelen said, rubbing his jaw. "This is the place I wanted to be."Malachi looked at me with eyes. "The stone takes us where our heart wants to go " he said. "I think you still have some feelings for this place Elowen.""I am still angry " I said, my voice shaking from the cold.The crown on my head was not shining like it used to. My power was gone. I felt weak and human."We need to find a place to hide " Ryker said, looking around. "The Southern King will send people to look for us. They can track us.""There is a coal place not far from here " I said. "It was closed because of air. The guards never go there.""Lets go " Kaelen said, giving me his cloak.As we

The High Peaks did not feel like home anymore. They looked like a place where everything was dead and frozen.As we got to the foothills the sky was a color, like a big bruise. The Southern fleet was in the air with big machines flying around our homes."The protection around the place is gone " Jaxon said quietly, his breath catching in his throat. The big gate that protected our home was broken, melted by the fire that Lucius used to get into our home."He did not just walk in, " Kaelen said, his eyes changing to a color like an animal. "He had help from someone on the inside. A few people know how to get in."I thought about the people we left behind. We did not have time to think about that now. We were a few people against a big army and the ceremony to make Lucius the leader was going to start soon."We cannot go in the door " I said, my voice loud in the cold air. I looked up at the cliff that went up to the place where the leaders stood. It was a hard climb but I could do it.

The change from the mountains to the hot Eastern Deserts was a big shock to me. We had been traveling for weeks moving through paths and old mountain passes that only the royal family knew about.By the time we got to the Whispering Sands I had changed out of my silver dress into practical desert clothes and a big cloak. I had to hide my crown under my hood so the Southern Kings magic sensors would not find us.Jaxon said "The heat here is different." He was used to the North and the hot desert was making him uncomfortable. "It feels like the sun is trying to burn my skin."Malachi said "It is not the sun." He was walking easily, not bothered by the heat. "The Eastern Deserts are on top of a deposit of special quartz that makes the heat stronger.. It also keeps the bad things away. It is the place where the shadows cannot reach."I looked out at the sand dunes. They were moving like waves shifting and making sounds in the wind. Somewhere under the sand was the Sun-Sleeper being. If th