Introduction: Looking back, maybe it wasn’t all that bad.Sometimes I wonder if life would’ve been better if Eliza and I had never discovered the truth.Maybe that’s selfish.But we might’ve been happier—or at least, that’s what I like to believe.Magic is a mystery.Even now, no one truly understands it.It flows through the world, choosing its own vessels.And once it touches you, it never lets go.I wish that was all I had to tell you.But my story is darker—filled with mystery, sacrifice, and loss.My name is Maddox.And we should’ve never left the orphanage.But what choice did we have?...