Iridesce

Two fathers. Two countries. No place to call home When your skin's the wrong color and eyes a hated shade of blue, life is one godsdamned battle after another. All that's kept me alive is the birthmark for which I was abandoned on the night of my birth. A Luna moth, symbol of the Mother Goddess, an alarming potential for magic. It's an anathema among my desert people. I worship the fierce warrior who found and named me Thea. In a moon, I turn seventeen. If he deems me worthy, I will join his forces. Only service will ensure my citizenship, and hopefully end the hatred heaped upon me. A warrior mage I've never trusted swears we've known each other over many lifetimes. He sees a different path for me - one in which I embrace the mystical destiny my birthmark portends. Facing this alarming possibility, I find myself asking: Can I kill those whose blood I may share? Or will this enigmatic mage, to whom I'm inexplicably drawn, convince me to set aside a life of honor for one of magic? Be swept away into this magical adventure of war, honor, love, and destiny.