My Blood Wizard System
The second my foot hits the fifty-yard line, every hot spring in the valley erupts at once (perfect geysers of steam and starlight that arc over the field and spell my name in Caddo, Romanian, and Atlantean).
The crown above my heart blazes once (visible to everyone this time, a ring of white fire and ocean that doesn’t scare a single person).
Because The Mist hides the truth behind white lies for mortals and those who know they know the whole story now because they were there with me the whole way.
Hot Springs always did.
I reach the podium.
Take my diploma.
And instead of shaking the principal’s hand, I turn to the microphone.
Celeste (voice steady, seventeen, queen, girl, home):