"Prophecies are strange things, Princess. Their meanings, sometimes seeming plain, are more veiled and shadowy than we realize. Often, we do not realize it until it is too late."
King Alaricthrel of the Shahvóhlor Elves
Empress Talija Zalldrister
"We all have a choice, Mia...What matters is the choice we choose to make."
"I would not have volunteered if I thought this was going to be a glory stage fight sir," I said softly. "My power is a great asset to the Agency that they've not had before...You told me I needed to use my power for good. Well, here's a chance to do just that. I may be new to my powers, lacking mastery in some areas, untrained to be an Agent, but my power is in me. It's been with me since I was born. I know I can go. I can fight. I can help us win and protect Pristinia."
Princess Mia Zalldrister
"We waited for so long because we knew the longer you grew accustomed to living like this, the more undetectable you would be. Your old, buried life would be covered with veils of your new life, only to be lifted when it was safe. For, as soon as you had regained yourself...you would be in danger."
Jerrell Withrow, Princess Mia's foster father
"I seek peace, true peace...Not a false peace under a tyrant, but a true peace under honest and good and rightful rulers. You have no right to the Acathílian throne. You are an outcast, an enemy. You seek to destroy the land."
Jaxson Balthis
“After our parents were found, murdered, I was immediately proclaimed Emperor right there, before the entire army, shortly before my eighteenth birthday. To be perfectly honest,” he laughed, “I was in shock. I didn’t actually realize what was happening at first, yet when I did, I knew that I had to win this battle. Not just for Acathíl, but also for our parents."
Emperor Xavier Orion Zalldrister
Princess Mia Rae Zalldrister
"I was going to become one of them. A part of this school. A part of the legacy of Wizards and Enchantresses since the time of Merlin and Morgana, the first Wizard and Enchantress to come to Acathíl and make it into what it was."
"I was no longer Mia Withrow, the adopted child who grew up with no memory of anything. I was Princess Miala (though I prefer Mia) Rae Zalldrister, a prophecy Princess and a powerful Enchantress."
Princess Mia Rae Zalldrister
Empress Talija
"A mother’s love is never forgotten, Mia...Neither by the daughter on whom it’s bestowed, nor by the mother who bestows it.”