Heart of Fire Season One Episode Four Season Finale

By TheCrimsonDM

Three girls fresh out of their magical school are all looking for their place in the world while dealing with the loss of one of their closest friends. Meanwhile an ancient evil is waking up. Can these young heroes deal with the new threat, or will they be devoured by their grief?

• Language: English
• Publisher: TheCrimsonDM
• Release date: Mar 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463246474

TheCrimsonDM

A creator filled with passion and insanity, their love of music, fantasy, anime, sci-fi, and video games has inspired them to create stories filled with wonder and weirdness. If there was one thing TheCrimsonDM wanted more than anything else it would be to spread the joy of creation across the world and to inspire others the same way they were inspired themselves. Also loves puppies and bunnies and long walks on the beach.

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Heart of Fire

Episode Four Finally: Wolf in God's Clothing

Heart of Fire

By TheCrimsonDM

Copyright 2019 Coriantumr Pace

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Table of Contents

Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Three

Chapter Twenty Four

Chapter Twenty Five

Chapter Twenty Six

Chapter Twenty Seven

Racial Encyclopedia

Character Encyclopedia

About Author

Chapter Twenty One: The Darkest Cut

It was later that evening when the girls found themselves back home in Castle Night Thorn. Rita stood in the infirmary watching as Lapis lay on the bed, sleeping. She couldn’t stand this. Once again she had put her friends in danger, once again someone she cared about had been hurt because of her actions, and once again she had failed.

Rita couldn’t help it as the flood of tormented thoughts came pouring into her mind filling her with despair. Lapis was one of her closest friends, perverted crush or no, Lapis was special to her. Now Rita had failed to save her from herself. There wasn’t a thing that Rita could do to help her now, just wait.

The waiting was the worst part.

Something in her pocket felt warm and Rita reached for it only to find her hand groping the wish coin she had been offered by Red. If it really did what it was supposed to, it might be able to do what Rita herself couldn’t. It might actually save her two closest friends from harm's way… but the sounds of footsteps approaching meant she would have to focus on that later.

Saturn’s voice came out monotone, leaving Rita without any impression of what she was feeling. It’ll take time for her to heal, because unlike you she suffers from more than just physical injuries making it hard for me to deal with.

Rita sat there feeling a cold numbness eating at the inside of her heart. I know that.

Saturn pulled a chair up next to her. I’m surprised that Lapis was able to stay awake long enough to talk to you. The damage she did to herself with her magic will heal, over time. It could take weeks to heal completely from this.

Rita bawled her hands into fists. I failed. The bad guys used Noct to distract the guards, letting them have the run of the archive, then I lost the fight, got captured, had the blue prints taken away from me, and watched as Lapis tried to kill herself to save me. Even though the history book and the aether stone had been left in her backpack, losing the book on Castle Night Thorn left a bleeding wound in Rita’s heart.

There was silence for a moment, and then Saturn asked, So what will you do?

The brief moment of anger fled from her bones and her hands relaxed. I… don’t know. I can’t keep them safe, even from themselves.

A big hand landed on her shoulder and gently squeezed. No, we can never fully protect those under us. Take Thaddeus back there. I can’t save him as much as I want to. He's a ranger, one of the best, and he's dying. The only glimmer of hope I have is that his hand started to heal from the sickness earlier today.

Rita looked up into those pink eyes. I can’t even cry. One of my best friends is lying unconscious in a hospital bed because I failed to be strong enough, smart enough to keep her safe, and I can’t even cry over it. What’s wrong with me?

You don’t face tragedy like others, Saturn said. You face it by improving yourself, working to correct your mistakes, and to become stronger in the future. I admire that about you.

Rita swallowed. Really?

Saturn nodded. Of course I still don’t approve of your thievery.

Rita rolled her eyes. I stole the books to keep our enemies from stealing them first. Of course Rita left out the fact that she also stole a sizable sun stone.

That’s backwards logic and you know it.

Rita let out a sigh. I don't care about that. I just have to make sure our enemies don’t win.

Saturn looked over at the bed. You can’t win if you get yourself killed. Maybe that’s a lesson you should take away from this. Sometimes it’s better to flee into twilight in order to battle once the sun rises once more.

Something clicked in Rita’s brain and she jumped up to her feet. But what if you didn't have to wait for the sun to rise for you? What if you could make the sun rise yourself?

Saturn raised an eyebrow. What do you mean?

It was like the gears began turning in her mind once more. Rita was off to her workshop. She had plenty of work to do before the night was over. If she was fast, focused, and correct, then she had a way to solve this whole mess. She just needed to hurry. Rita grabbed her pack on the way out, she was also going to do some much needed reading.

Wonder paced back and forth in the library. There wasn’t much else she could do. Lapis was down for the count and there was no telling when she’d be back up and ready for action. If there wasn’t the immediate threat of those creeps coming back again soon, Wonder wouldn’t have been so worried, but now they’d just lost one of their strongest fighters. The only one to go up against Nightshade one on one and win so far.

There was no telling what kinds of resources the enemy had at their disposal, for all Wonder knew they had a secret lair filled with healing potions, monsters, and madness. So pacing in the library was all she could do to keep from freaking out. Wonder looked out the window at the afternoon sun. Soon it would be dark once more, and if the past day or two had been any indication, then the darkness would come with uninvited guests.

A pair of footsteps were heard outside the door. Fear shot through Wonder’s heart and she whipped out her wand channeling her magic into a quick and effective invisibility spell. Just as the door began to open Wonder disappeared from both sight and sound.

The door opened completely and Lamont stumbled in. He was relying heavily on his stave for support, his left arm was hanging limp at his side. Saturn was right behind him.

Saturn wore a scowl. You need to rest, not do research.

Lamont stumbled to a chair and plopped himself down. Sweat ran down his face as if he’d just run a marathon. He began to disrobe, leaving him in his white undershirt and black pants. It’s just a little fever. That’s all.

Wonder saw his left arm clearly for the first time since the attack on the castle. From the tips of his fingers to his elbow there were black veins running through his arm. The bandages covered only a small portion of his arm.

Saturn growled. Lamont, you need to rest. Look at yourself.

Lamont laughed. I’ll be fine. You said it yourself. Thaddeus’s arm looked better today.

I don’t know how that happened. So far we’ve had six cases, and half of them ended up dying, the other three became… corrupted. Saturn put a hand on the hilt of her blade. A worried look came into her eyes. It usually takes a few hours for the infection to make you useless, and about four days before the infection either takes your life, or your mind.

Lamont grinned. "Then it’s a good thing Solaria is coming tonight isn’t it then. She’ll have a better