Rowan:
The edges of my body burned with the power that had been awakened by the sacrifices of my father and grandfather. Oxnera looked at me, a wicked smile on both of her faces; she knew what h.e.l.l I was about to rain down.
I walked up the stairs that had led me to loss. I closed the puzzle and made my way out of the castle. The world around me looked as dark as I felt on the inside. It felt as wrong as the loss of its two former kings. I stood basking in the weight of my loss, and then I shifted into my monster, hoping that among the other two beings within me, we could carry that weight.
The moment her claws sank into the black earth, the sounds of her own pain and grief came out in a roar that shook the remaining windows of the palace. Creatures flew from the trees sliding throug
