by Lara Zanatti Reis
The world has been under attack since the dawn of time by creatures so ancient and vast that human language has never found a word adequate enough to describe them beyond Old-Ones. Fortunately, humanity’s greatest magical bloodlines have been handling the situation quietly for centuries, and everything is largely under control on another copy of Earth. Love Bellthorn cannot see why any of this concerns her. She has no magic. She is, by every measurable standard, completely boring. Her brother was the one summoned by the Order to go There and deal with it. Love had plans. Little ones like, finish, or not finish, her degree. Maybe get a car, a better boyfriend than the last one. Then a car fell out of the sky and crushed her brother beside her. The Order would like to express its condolences. The Order would also like to remind Love that the paperwork had already been filed, the plane is waiting, and six strangers from across the world will join her on board. She has one bag with non-magical items, as if she had any to start with. She has absolutely no business being here. But something is wrong with Love Bellthorn. And by the time anyone notices, it is already too late. Better to die Here than There. New chapters every Monday and Thursday!
