Okay. So some good news and some bad news. Good news: I'm 19 as of today! Bad News: I have decided to end the Spiral (for the purposes of fanfiction) here, with this short chapter. School and work keep me super busy! (I'm taking 7 classes and working 20 hrs a week, it's a lot and it's starting to catch up to me.) I know I said I wouldn't be abandoning this, but it seems life demands I must. I love you all, and thank you so much for all the support you've given me!


Chapter 27—(87)

Selene's POV

It wasn't just an excuse to leave, I really did promise I'd help Philyra with a specific lesson on magical theory. Element-based Magical Theory was actually both very simple and advanced, depending on how deep you went. Knowing the basics of it was necessary for many other kinds of spells, regardless of how your magic worked. It was important for things like potions, and poultices, and other medical suchnot—a lot of which didn't actually require magical energy from the person, and was more reliant on natural magics in the ingredients.

But Klaus thought it better if I worked with Philyra on this subject, given my unique connections to it. We were holding off teaching her practical magic—that would be left to the teachers who had more experience with spellsinging, and personally I was reluctant to try with her because I was worried I'd scare her more. I was working on encouraging her to talk more, yes, but the spellsinging I'd leave for far more qualified people.

Nonetheless, teaching her element-based theory was something I felt capable of.

Everything was going well. The plans for the Tower, Philyra's schooling, my relationship with Klaus. My family being so accepting of my bloodlines. I had a feeling a lot of work was up ahead, but I think it'll all work out, in the end.

So I suppose I should get to work.


So that's it folks! A nice little ending to Halfling and the Spiral! When I work on finishing it up as an actual novel, it'll end very differently. I'll be sure to post here when something happens with it all!