Melzia stood at the well with her red hood resting against her back. As she stood there staring into the sparkling waters below, she clutched a coin in hand and formed a wish in her mind. More than anything else, she hoped to start a new life somewhere far away from the control of Queen. Somewhere that fairy tales were simply make-believe, magic didn’t exist, and dragons weren’t real.

Finally, Melzia stepped through the portal to Earth. She shifted the hood, setting loose the magic that would make the red fabric of her hood disappear. Over the next eight years, she tried to forget about magic, her past on Fenglauria, and her life as a Crimson chromaveiled. She fell in love with Luke and together they built a simple life together. But everyday, the cursed mark on her wrist ached and burned with its ever-present reminder:  Queen was still hunting for her.

When two cloaked figures—an Azure and a Verdant—suddenly stride into her calm life, she knows her past has caught up with her. Now, in order to keep Luke safe, Melzia has to drag him across a world he knows nothing about all while evading capture, avoiding pixies, outwitting witches, and fighting wyverns.  The time has come for her to find out if her powers are strong enough to rescue Luke… And save herself.

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