You need to prepare yourself.

“ But, why would this happen just from me changing one event of my life?” I asked, motioning at the window were fires blazed vibrantly just outside it. “How could it lead to all this.”

“Don’t you remember the butterfly effect?” he asked.

“This all happened because I never handed you over to Stephan that day, therefore he had to work harder to try and capture you. So he has been igniting the Mark of Malefiscus on the foll owers of Malefiscus—something he was going to originally do when the portal opened. He did it so they can help him capture you…And thanks to Stephan and his memory tampering abilities, they think they’ve been born with the mark.” He gestured at the window. “They think this is the way things are supposed to be.”

“But this witch, Medea, she said they were waiting for Stephan to perfect the Mark of Immortality before they started hurting people.” I glanced at the window, out at the chaos. “Does that mean he’s perfected it?” Nicholas smiled, but didn’t answer.

“So can we fix it?” I asked in a panic stricken voice. “Can we make all the madness out there stop?”

He grinned. “Perhaps...” He glanced at the ring on my finger, and again I assumed he knew more than he was letting on. “But as of now every single creature marked with the Mark of Malefiscus—which is quite a lot thanks to you shifting everything—is roaming the streets.” He brushed his finger across the mark on his skin. “My mark is useless, though, since I am dead.”

Shaking my head, I sank to the floor, wishing desperately that Alex was here.

“And what if we can’t?” I asked, hugging my knees to my chest.

The only answer I got was the fire crackling in the streets.

Jessica Sorensen lives with her husband and three kids in the snowy mountains of Wyoming, where she spends most of her time reading, writing, and hanging out with her family.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38