Mist Thief Monday Teaser

Mist Thief Monday: I mentioned last week that Erik and Livia will be in the story, but of course so will Daddy Kase and Mommy Malin. 

A little moment with our moody Nightrender. No context. As always. Don’t read if you don’t want anything spoiled for The Mist Thief.

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The Alver king paused in the doorway. “Have you ever enjoyed your power?”

Not the question I expected. “It isn’t a lovely magic.”

“Why? Because that is all you’ve been told your entire life?” The king stepped back into the room. “Has anyone not feared those thieving mists of yours?”

“Not until . . .” My voice faded and an unwelcome sting of emotion burned behind my eyes.

“Not until when?”

I held the king’s stare. “Jonas.”

Kase perched on the arm of a chair with a heavy sigh. “Look, girl, when words are pushed into your mind over and again, it becomes a truth. The magic in your veins might even shift to fit those words. Sometimes even pushing our true selves to some dark place inside us.”

“You sound like you speak from experience.”

“Perhaps I do.” The king stood again and strode for the door. “Follow me. Others might fear you, but as it happens, I have need for darkness such as yours.”

“Where are we going?” I knew better than to refuse a king and followed him into the corridor.

The king paused, a crooked, sly grin on his mouth. “You’re about to become a true thief.”