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“If you truly wish to be the master of your own life, then this is how you accomplish that goal.”
He was a God. He could make me do anything he desired, and yet he was giving me this choice.
“By transforming you into something that has never been seen before,” he answered cryptically.
“I’m not just the God of Chaos, Alchemist. I’m also the God of Change. I will it, and it is done.”
“The best of luck to you, then, Saeris. Give Kingfisher my best.” And then he shoved me into the quicksilver.
I had nothing to worry about here. I floated for an age and felt civilizations rise and fall. In the dark,
I was born and died a hundred times. And then I saw something that shouldn’t have been. A bird.
When I transitioned, it took me six months before I didn’t hack up anything I tried to eat like it was a hairball.”
“I’m nothing like you,” I hissed.
With his hands in his pockets, he said, “Oh, I know that, Saeris.”
Saeris. Same dark hair. Same blue eyes. Same… I hesitated. Turned my head. My ears.
No longer human. Not fully vampire. Not fully Fae.
Where was Solace? I wanted my fucking sword. “Fisher asked me to let him tell you where we are,” Taladaius answered.
“I placed a memory block around what happened next. Transitioning is hard.
“Remove it,” I demanded. “Remove the block.”
I will, but it can be very traumatic—” “Remove. It,” I snarled. “As you wish.”
Me flying through the air toward the quicksilver pool. The brief but tense conversation with Zareth that followed.
Then, Fisher pulling me out of the quicksilver. He and Carrion, arguing like they were about to kill each other.
I punched him in the chest. “Ow! What was that for?” I shoved a finger in his face. “Because you’re an asshole. I’ve known you since I was fifteen!”
hands palm up in the air. “And? I’ve known you since I was a thousand and eighty-six. Do I win a prize?”
“So, Fisher’s father took you to Zilvaren when you were little to save you from Belikon.
couldn’t believe it. I squinted at him, this Fae version of him, his true form, and almost burst out laughing.
I’m sorry I didn’t disclose to you that I was a magic-wielding political asylum seeker, posing as a human when I slept with you. Does that make you feel better?” “No.”
Madra had fled through the quicksilver immediately.
he, too, had fled like a fucking coward.
or are you going to start undressing each other? Because I can leave. I don’t have to, but I can,” Carrion said.
was huge. I wasn’t myself anymore. I was the ward of a god, and not just any old god. By proxy, Fisher kind of was too.
Wait… There was magic in Fisher’s eyes. But… less quicksilver. I gasped, stepping out of his arms,
We still had Belikon to deal with. And Madra. I still intended to find my brother and Elroy.
My head was already shaking no. I retreated from the window. “Absolutely not. Fisher, I’m not even a full vampire. I’m half-Fae! I can’t!”
Welcome my queen
