Rings of Honor

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5. A Ring of Iron The gentle light of day stirred her awake and Asteria stretched, stiff from a night spent curled on the stone hearth. Erebus had left her and wandered through the house. “Have you found the demonology, Erebus? I know my mother kept one somewhere,” she called out through the empty ...

4. A Name Forgotten Asteria woke shaken, shivering in the still cold of night. She licked dry lips and tasted blood. Not again. She wiped furiously at her nose, pale fingers coming away bloody. The bed around her was too large, too empty. She kicked away a pile of blankets and dropped one foot onto...

3. A Demon of Ink Asteria was dreaming again. It was all so familiar. The world was on fire. Thatch rained from the roof above her like hot, angry tears. Smoke choked out the crackling firelight. She was clutching something limp and too heavy for her to lift. But she knew she had to move it. She ha...

2. A Mother's Knots Everything about Asteria danced, from her sharp blue eyes to her unruly golden curls which twined like eager vines around dried flowers and feathers, concealing precise and intricate braids at the nape of her neck. These braids were entwined with strips of silk inscribed in bloo...

1. All A Witch Needs Her mother said there were three things every witch needs: very deep pockets, a sturdy pair of boots, and a quicksilver mind. But she was wrong. All you needed was a hunger, and Asteria had a starvation not entirely her own. Her eyes always scanned just over the horizon. Her fe...