Chapter 8

Crystal Mountain was packed. Someone had spread the word about “The Collingwood Sisters: A Duel to the Death.” The sensational tagline drew hordes of onlookers eager to witness the outcome, taking advantage of the centennial duel to gather and revel in the spectacle. Over the century, I had broken through significant barriers, ascending to the realm of a demigod. I had touched the edge of divinity itself but was still halted by an elusive, indescribable threshold, forever stranded as a...