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PROLOGUE
In the twilight of the ancient realms,
When shadows dance and stars align,
A king of dragons shall arise,
To claim the power most divine.
Four women touched by dragon’s blood,
With essence pure and hearts so bright,
Shall cross the paths of fate’s dark weave,
In realms of shadow and of light.
Their sacrifice, a price so steep,
To harness powers deep and old,
Shall grant the king the might to keep,
Dominion over lands untold.
Through blood and fire, souls gained,
Their lives shall fuel the darkened throne,
And five kingdoms shall be reigned,
By the dragon king alone.
~ The Seer, unknown
CHAPTER 1
Helheim
The Dark King
Hellsfire.
An eternity orb can be useful for many things: planning a war, for conquest, for gathering reconnaissance, for watching someone in particular when they least wanted to be watched. But it was useless for me right now because I didn’t know who I was searching for.
May the gods be damned.
I stood up from my throne with a savage snarl and turned my back on the swirling orb. It granted me sight into other realms without the need for me to ever set foot in a single one of them, but I was getting nowhere with it. I was just going round and round in circles, watching the same things over and over, seeing the same people and places again and again.
It wasn’t enough.
I knew what the problem was, but I didn’t want to admit it because that would mean that I would have to leave the safety of my realm. Magic was a fickle creature and even though the mystical orb gave me a snapshot of the current happenings in each kingdom, it gave me no sense of magical abilities, be it ancestral or gifted or even earned. I needed to see more, so much more.
I was missing something.
A small cough echoed behind me, and I turned around in a rush. I narrowed my eyes at the apparition before me as it slowly solidified into a more concrete form.
For fuck’s sake. I didn’t need this right now.
