Chapter 51 - Magic for Dummies

I stood in front of the mirror, rolling my shoulders, flexing my fingers, testing every little movement. The body moved well enough, but it wasn't mine anymore. I supposed that the other body wasn't mine either, it once belonged to a young man struggling to get by, a kid with some skill at the bow, someone who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was also different back then, I was hungry to grow stronger, I wanted to return to a human form, and I didn't even consider that he was an actual person. If I hadn't hardened myself since I arrived at the capital, I would likely be overcome with guilt. The lessons I learned typically revolved around having to kill to survive, and I wasn't sure I was ready to change my way of life just yet–not when I just took another for my own selfish purposes.