Triumph of Chaos (Red Magic) by McConnel Jen

Author:McConnel, Jen [McConnel, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Tags: YA, fantasy, paranormal, witches
Publisher: Month9Books, LLC
Published: 2016-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

No police officer came to the door. Even three days after the blast, emergency workers were unable to identify most of the remains at the state capitol. Rochelle certainly did her work well, I thought bitterly.

We tried to get a hold of Dr. Farren to let her know what had happened, but her flight had been airborne at the time of the explosion, and the cell phone number she’d given us kept going straight to voicemail.

“You could text Justin,” Izzy offered quietly.

I shook my head, feeling numb. “He wouldn’t care.”

“That’s not true! He loved you. He would want to know.”

I burrowed deeper into my blankets. I’d been camped out in my bedroom ever since the news. “It doesn’t matter.”

Izzy left me alone, and I faded in and out of sleep. Sometimes, I thought I could hear Brad or Ben downstairs, but I didn’t care enough to get up and check.

It felt like a sledgehammer was pounding in my brain: thinking hurt. I didn’t want to eat, but every evening, Izzy forced me to drink a little broth.

“You can’t die too. You can’t just give up!” She persisted, even when I threw the broth at her head.

The thing was, I really wanted to give up. Chaos suddenly seemed unimportant. What did it matter if I could save the world if I couldn’t even save the two people who mattered most to me?

The fourth night after the explosion, I dreamed of Rochelle again.

She was wearing tacky gold beads around her neck and holding a glass of champagne. “Here’s to my victory,” she said, raising her glass and smiling.

I clenched my fists. “It isn’t over yet. You can’t claim victory until you actually win something.”

Rochelle’s features shimmered, and suddenly I was face-to-face with Hecate.

“But I have won,” she said in her gravelly voice. “You are defeated: admit it. If you surrender this fight, perhaps I will return your parents to you.”

I felt a pull in my gut telling me to flee, but I stayed still, standing before the Queen of Witches. “They aren’t really dead?”

She laughed. “Oh, they’re dead. But,” her voice lowered to a sinuous whisper, “I have control of the realms of death. I could guide their spirits home again.”

I shook my head, not trusting her offer. “Why would you help me?”

Hecate’s eyes glistened. “Nothing is free. My help comes with a price: your complete surrender. Let the world be whatever it will be. Give up Red magic, and I’ll give you back the last two years of your life.”

“Two years? It hasn’t even been a year since I met you.”

The crone cackled. “Are you forgetting your time spent in Anwyn? The wheel has turned ‘round twice since you became a Red, Darlena. One word from you, and all that never happened. You could go back to the way you were before.” She paused. “Everything could go back to the way it was before.”

“This is a dream.” My voice was shaky, and she laughed.

“It is whatever you want it to be. Deny chaos, and you can have your family back.

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