The Hanging Heart (Realm of Beating Hearts #1)

Prologue

THE MANTLE

The sea stirred. A warning of the Prince of Light’s approach.

An instrument of chaos.

Of fate.

They can be so similar in how they laugh at a carefully crafted plan.

The prince came to beg for answers, as so many do, and I slept. It is not worth the time of the stars to guide him in understanding what cannot be changed.

But my sister cracked an eye.

Stirred against the obsidian that is our body. Our being. Our blood.

She heard the whisper in the night from the unspeakable gods, and her curiosity got the better of her.

So Nyxia woke for the prince. She listened to his tale of vengeance and desire. And though she knew he was reckless, she gave him a gift to see what these cursed creatures would do with it.