My stomach flipped with each dip of the gargantuan vessel. I stood at the bow of the black ship, letting the howling wind crawl through my short hair.

I watched my kingdom drift farther away and that’s when I intensely regretted my promise to the captain of the Tenebris Ignis.

Ashton Morris has been writing a book called The Kingdom of Magic for a year and a half now. She plays the piano and trombone.