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Rise of the Magi

From the ashes of Babylon… a new star awakens.

She kills for survival.

He rules the city with blood and fear.

The Abuser comes back, always haunting his daughter. She tries to make things right for herself, but she knows she will never escape the memories and pain he left on her skin...

The girl in the photo on her wall blinked.

Part 2 of "the next king of England" series....work in progress, no idea where it's headed yet...may all change?? Posting now in case I lose my progress...which has happened before....hope to update asap....any ideas welcome lol

Lucía Méndez, a Salvadoran-American woman with a haunting past, is forced to confront the unthinkable: the man she loved—and killed six years ago—has returned. Once Emilio Reyes, a revolutionary turned threat, now he walks the Earth again in the body of the newly elected U.S. President, Elijah Renner. Fueled by vengeance and an unholy rebirth, he wages war against Salvadorans across the country, using executive power to deport millions and erase their presence from American soil.

As her community is torn apart by fear and exile, Lucía refuses to run. She dives into the heart of resistance, determined to stop the ghost of the man she once called mi amor. When Emilio arrives at her doorstep, the two face off in a battle of love, betrayal, and power that threatens to reshape the nation. With ancestral magic, deep wounds, and an ancient truth on her side, Lucía must choose between surviving and setting her people free.

The man she buried is back and knocking, drenched from head to toe, his long black hair shining through the midnight sky. He was looking to the ground as if to hide the bloodlust reflecting from his pupils. I didn’t know whether to call her or wait until he left. As I stared at the video monitor waiting for him to try the backdoor or send a rock through our window, It was difficult to not be in awe of how he managed to survive her wrath. My sister was never a violent being, but one human can only be pushed so far. Through the monotonous sharp tapping coming from the door down the hall, flashbacks start to invade my mind one by one. The accusation, the argument, the pushing. Nobody was reared for what happened next...

The man she buried is back and knocking, drenched from head to toe, his long black hair shining through the midnight sky. He was looking to the ground as if to hide the bloodlust reflecting from his pupils. I didn’t know whether to call her or wait until he left. As I stared at the video monitor waiting for him to try the backdoor or send a rock through our window, It was difficult to not be in awe of how he managed to survive her wrath. My sister was never a violent being, but one human can only be pushed so far. Through the monotonous sharp tapping coming from the door down the hall, flashbacks start to invade my mind one by one. The accusation, the argument, the pushing. Nobody was prepared for what happened next...

The man she buried is back and knocking. She thought she put that man out of his misery. The ominous noise starts again. “KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!”  Always in a row of three knocks.

In Hell City a place where secrets fester in alleyways and justice is just another transaction gallery owner Bianca Payne becomes the target of something far darker than she ever imagined. Haunted by an eerie premonition in the days leading up to Devil’s Night, Bianca is abducted by a faceless predator with a ritualistic precision. Locked away in a world of silence and steel, she refuses to die quietly.