The Thirteenth Law
In a world where magic demands a blood price, Caelan Vey is a powerless outcast, haunted by the memory of a sacrifice that saved his kingdom. Now, his own twelve-year-old....
In a world where magic demands a blood price, Caelan Vey is a powerless outcast, haunted by the memory of a sacrifice that saved his kingdom. Now, his own twelve-year-old sister, Mira, faces the same grim fate, chosen as collateral to fuel a protective barrier. Desperate to save her, Caelan defies the academy's scorn and discovers a forbidden magic, a hidden law that shatters reality and reveals a terrifying truth about the world's power. But his impossible act doesn't free Mira; it accelerates her doom, drawing the attention of ancient forces and a headmistress who once promised his mother to kill him if he ever awakened this power. Can Caelan unravel the true nature of magic and debt before his sister pays the ultimate price, or will his defiance unleash a darkness far greater than any drought?