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Prince Kaelis, second of three sons of the Kingdom of Oricalis, reverse wielder, and headmaster of Arcana Academy.
I’ve heard about the destruction the Knight of Swords card can reap in the hands of a skilled Arcanist. But I’ve never seen its effects in person—and I’ve never hated anyone enough to want to use it against them.
“I don’t know how to ink a Major Arcana; no one does,” I answer plainly. Sixth. That magic has long since been lost—if it ever existed at all—and is now relegated to folklore.
Each suit requires its own unique pigment. Every other Arcanist I’ve ever met can ink Swords only with the dust of falcon feathers from the Barren Mountains, Coins with the dried and crushed berries from the Desert Reaches, Wands with the ash of yew trees from the monster-infested Blood Forests, or Cups with crushed crystal from the depths of the Drowned Mines.
Each Minor Arcana is governed by an element. Wands are fire, Swords air, Coins earth, and Cups water.
You think you appreciate what you have and then it’s taken from you . . . and you wonder if you ever treasured it enough.
“Shall we go and formally introduce you to your other Major brethren, Fortune?”
“Clara,” he starts slowly. “You cannot just barge in here and talk dirty to me.”
sir sir sir
“You are insufferable. You are too talented for your own good. You are so—fuck—so arrogant at times and more stubborn than I have ever imagined a person capable of being. You are angry, fiery, passionate, often impulsive, and more determined than any creature I have ever met. And what’s worse is that—for as annoying as you are—you’re so gorgeous any sane man wouldn’t be able to take his eyes off you.”
“For me. You are somehow better and worse than I could’ve ever imagined—everything I needed and the last fucking thing I wanted.”
“You consume my every waking moment. Devour my thoughts. You’ve poisoned my halls with your scent. Flooded my dreams to the point that I cannot tell if it is a delight or a nightmare to want to drown in you. If you hate me, then hate me, let us be eternal rivals. Let any future where you and I are more than enemies finally be done and gone. “If you want something else from me, then take it. But, if it is neither, then set me free and let me be done with you once and for all.”
