A Wish So Deadly

A Wish So Deadly

Author: Marilize Loxton Listening Length: 10h 10m
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“Legends are never forged without a little ruin…” When Talia unwittingly steals cursed jewels from a powerful Soulreaper, she pays the ultimate price: the Soulreaper takes her sister’s soul. Desperate to save her sister, Talia strikes a deal. She will enter a deadly, magical tournament and if she survives, she will...

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“Talia Louise Sereneth, do you know what time it is?” my sister shouts when I finally make it home. I know that tone. I’m about to get a lecture.

Inside, Elara flies around the tiny kitchen, her patchwork apron fluttering like the wings of a butterfly, and her favourite wooden spoon dangerously close to falling from its perch in the front pocket.

As she flings open the oven, a cloud of steam fills the room. I greedily inhale the smell of lemon and poppy seeds.

I’ll never not appreciate coming home to the smell of cake after a day spent wrestling with a Soul Wraith – even more so tonight, after my run-in with the strange man at the market.