Abandon

There is no escape from The Underground.

The most notorious crime syndicate in New York City has its reputation for a reason. When I traded my powers for protection, I didn’t understand the stipulations that came with it. If I had, I never would have made this choice.

I finally found something worse than losing my powers, and it’s losing the reason I have them in the first place. I stole from my paired mages when I brought them here. For Kendall, I took his twin. From Cedric, his wealth. From Flynn, his studies. From Draven, I took his freedom.

The Underground is changing us. Whether or not we make it out alive, we’ll never be the same mages we were when we went in. Change can be a good thing, but not when it threatens the very fiber that once defined me.

There are things you can’t come back from, and I’m afraid this is one of them.