The Villain's Teacup (Tinctures and Terror, #1)

Vessandra Nyx was once the Archmage of the Shadow Weave, a woman whose name was whispered in fear across the Southern Reaches. She had the obsidian spire, the skeletal legions, and a heart as cold as a mountain peak. But after a century of world domination, she realized that keeping an empire together is mostly just tedious paperwork and ungrateful henchmen.

So, Vessandra did the unthinkable: she retired.

Now living as "Vess" in the salty, fog-drenched town of Siltport, she spends her days ru...