the Mist and Flame

What's really behind the story of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet? Let's start with the truth about Rosaline-Romeo's actual first love. Rosaline scorns romance and instead craves magic. To free herself from Romeo's amorous attention as well as her dull life in Verona, she uses her limited sorcery skills to bring him and Juliet together. Renaming herself Foschia Luminosa, she then gleefully runs off to join a school of magic. Just when Lumi's dreams are about to come true, disaster strikes: Syra, the intimidating witch who runs the school, denies her entry and demands she return to Verona. She must repair the damage done by her spell or the young couple is doomed and Lumi will be outcast forever. As tragedy looms ever nearer, Lumi reluctantly teams up with a mysterious, sullen girl calling herself Fiamma Fredda, an orphan of unknown parentage. Freddi is an astonishingly skilled fighter, but who is she, and does she really want to help-or is she using Lumi for her own purposes? Join Lumi and Freddi in their thrilling quest to save Romeo and Juliet, learn of Freddi's origins, and grapple with Syra's own dark past. They-and you-are in for a great many surprises along the way...