The Wicked Gift

The Wicked Gift

Author: Maren Ellsworth Listening Length: 11h 23m
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The Uprising has torn down Avon’s monarchs and tied the first presidential race to a brutal decree: each candidate must kill the former ruler of their own province. Callum, son of the newly dethroned king, means to claim his place, yet he cannot carry out that patricide without help. He seeks Lady Caterine, a Gifted c...

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A cloud of the deepest blue, edges of midnight bordering on black, fills the room as the man thrusts one final time, his grunt of release echoing around the spacious suite.

I latch on to the threads of color with my Gift, even as I come down from a climax of my own, finding the darkest hues of his grief, the color so saturated it becomes tangible, and I pull.

Gently at first, then more firmly, twisting the strands, folding them up into tiny little pieces.