Once Upon a Broken Heart

it tasted like hot, searing sweetness and Jacks—
Evangeline closed her eyes and cursed.
Suddenly, she didn’t want an apple anymore.

Jacks’s name had been placed beside hers.

Never speak a word as you go through the Gateway Arch. The ancient magic of the North cannot pass the borders, but it always tries. It collects around the Gateway Arch, and if you speak as you travel through, the magic will steal your voice and use your words to lure unsuspecting travelers into helping it escape to other parts of the world.

In the North, fairytales and history were treated as one and the same because their stories and histories were all cursed. Some tales couldn’t be written down without bursting into flames, others couldn’t leave the North, and many changed every time they were shared, becoming less and less real with every retelling.

“I believe there are far more possibilities than happily ever after or tragedy. Every story has the potential for infinite endings.”

The Ballad of the Archer and the Fox

If he loved you back, he wouldn’t be marrying someone else. End of story.

They tried to get married again when she was still stone?

Even if you never want to see Jacks again, you’ll gravitate toward him until you fulfill the deal you’ve made with him.

You’ll be drawn to our kind.