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“Clara Graysword?” Graysword: the name given to all orphaned and unwanted children in Eclipse City. The name I gave when I was captured. The name that told the world I had no family to take down with me.
Prince Kaelis, second of three sons of the Kingdom of Oricalis, reverse wielder, and headmaster of Arcana Academy. The prince who reduced an entire noble clan to rubble. A man whose name is synonymous in Oricalis with despair. Who I have every reason to believe killed my mother…And the man who put me in Halazar Prison.
Each Minor Arcana is governed by an element. Wands are fire, Swords air, Coins earth, and Cups water. The cards Two all the way through King of each suit have their own unique properties…but the Ace? That’s the beginning. The primordial essence of the suit.
Twenty-first tarot card? There are fifty-six cards in the Minor Arcana, fourteen of each suit, and twenty in the Major Arcana, not counting the illustrious Fool—the start of it all and so numbered at zero…Unless…
“The final coin is from me. To a woman who acted with the swiftness, bravery, and skill of a Sword.” Out of everyone in the crowd, her eyes land on me.
“You can shove your coin so far up your ass you choke on it,” I snap back. “If it’s an invitation, then I extend it to her. People thought me worthy? Well, I think she’s worthy.”
“I hadn’t expected to share my bed the first night I was here,” I whisper to Priss. “But, for you, I will gladly make an exception.”
Love me, hate me, but only look at me like my existence sets you on fire…
