Civil Mage: Empress (1/3)

Irella mourns in a palace shower

📗 Although normally I only send self-contained pieces to this list, The Civil Mage is a multi-part serial. You can start here. It pulls together a great deal of research I've done — check out the Afterword for more notes on that.

Irella didn't dare try to approach Valentia with her robes still dirty and torn, so the second she stepped foot into the pala…