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The 12 Days of Hexmas — Day 8
On the eighth day of Hexmas, my true love sent to me…
Eight mages casting
Seven sirens swimming
Six spiders nesting
Five glowing rings
Four wailing wraiths
Three foul crones
Two dark elves and
A serpent in an apple tree!
Blood Mage
Auriel smiled. “What could go wrong?”
Ezra, Gyna, and Millennia looked at each other. “How about getting us expelled, for starters?” Millenia said, shaking her head.
“Relax, it’s just a prank,” Auriel said, winking. It was almost time to choose advanced-level magic specialties, and he eyed one in particular.
“Fine,” Millenia said, waving him off.
Auriel sliced his fingertip and jumped on a table. “Spell fight!”
Crimson tendrils shot out of his finger and pierced his classmates until blood draped the halls of the academy. If this didn’t get him into the Master’s Blood Magic Program, nothing would.
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