The Price of Blood Vol. 3

The looming threat of what is to come slowly approaches, the fear of the unknown forcing change.

Having made her choice, Lashiel has accepted her fate but struggles to find her place in her new life. Too weak to remain at the King’s side, she desperately begins her training to learn magic. Will her fear consume her, or will she grow strong enough to stand with him?
Fighting against his instincts, Zeref struggles with his own conflicting emotions. The fear and guilt from nearly killing Lashiel driving him to embrace his darkness. Crossing a line there is no going back from, Zeref gives in to his rage, reminding those around him why they fear him.

A touch of poison, a tainting of trust, the beginning of the fall…