The Unmarked Witch

by Miranda Lyn

It was uncommon to know every spell another witch had, but Kirsi was like my sister. I knew every time she acquired one, and she, I.

“You always have a choice in this world. You can be the hero or the villain. Never both. Think hard about which path you want to walk.”

“Those that love me call me Grey, those that tolerate me call me Sir, and those that dislike me rarely find their tongues to call me anything at all.”

“There you are,” she said, quietly. “May you never fear the death that surely haunts you. The Dark King may very well be death himself. Do not let yourself be coaxed by death. And if you are the weakest link, may your death be swift since you drew this card twice. A rarity indeed.”

“Underneath that black heart of his, I'm pretty sure he's just an insecure man with small dick syndrome.”

Ms. Moonstone, Would stalking be another symptom of small dick syndrome? Keeping notes for future reference, ~Bastian

Ms. Raven Moonstone, Thanks for not dying. Ever the Stalker, ~Bastian

“It would have been your fault if I had.”

Are you standing down in the catacombs right now with that angry face casually sending me notes?

R, Just a finger wiggle if you must know. Which is hardly discernible with my hands in my pockets. B

“Better a villain by truth than a hero by lies. I'll be the devil in your story if that's what you need, but I will not apologize for what I choose to protect.” He looked at me then. His eyes lit with passion and anger and a thousand other things I couldn't define. “That includes you.”

“I think sometimes I miss you when I'm awake,” I told him, listening to his heart beat in his chest. “I think sometimes I miss you when you're awake, too,” he answered.

Ms. Moonstone, On no planet could I sit in a room with a woman as beautiful as you and not make a fool of myself. Forgive me for leaving so abruptly. The first dance is mine.

“I was a fool to use Willow tonight to make you jealous. I wanted you to know what it felt like when you turned and looked me in the eye, asking me to give you permission to go with Nikos. I wanted you to feel that pain.”

“I wanted to ruin you as thoroughly as you've ruined me.”

“You make me crazy,” he whispered, inching closer. “You consume me.”

But I'd met Death and he was creepy.

I never knew a person could hear their heart crack until mine shattered.

“Go to him, watch him fight with himself over morality and love. See if he would deny a coven leader. Because that's the difference between him and I, Raven. I would break every fucking rule, I would burn the world down for you. I know you're worth it without needing the time to figure it out.”

“The benefit to being the villain is there's nothing they can do to me that I won't repay tenfold.”

“I'm not a chivalrous man. I know you're hurting, and I should do the right thing, but I won't. If you need to use me to feel something, then use me because whatever I feel for you, it's agony. Every day. Every second. Every breath. Give me agony. If that's what it means to be with you, I choose it.”

confident I'd die of a broken heart.