Galena

Thanks for reading “Galena”! This story came to me from a dream in 2018. What happened was I was in a land where magic was forbidden and people using it were hunted down and pulled out of their houses. I went back and forth on how I wanted to write this story. Which point of view. Which ending. How the characters played out. And ended with this!

When I wrote this story, I knew I wanted it to be about a brother and sister who hold secrets from each other and in the end come together to bring magic to Galena after so many years of magic use being illegal. I added a few more supporting characters and I hope you liked it.

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Translations:

[1] Marie breaking block on Jace’s memories, from Dutch:

Remove this block.

Set him free.

[2] Galena’s painting loose Dutch translation:

Ho te gebruiken: Zeg “ébren”

Raak de bestemming aan. Zeg “gaan”

How to use: Say “awake”

Touch destination. Say “go”

[3] Heath’s curse on his father, from Dutch:

Blood to blood, never betray.

Silence is golden, the necro way.