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Chapter 265

Author: Aena Zahid
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-27 00:09:20
Zoe's POV

"Speculum magicae plenum excantatum, ostende mihi unum ex altera parte," I chanted after I had dropped a droplet of my blood on the back of the silver embossed hand mirror.

Instantly the mirror started moving as if I had poured water on it and started rippling in circles. While it did its magic, I had a thought, "Dahlia?"

'Uhuh,' She called out watching the mirror with more attention than me.

"How did the barrier break? I thought I'd feel something like that but I didn't. I mean I felt the silence when it was created." I mused.

'Yes, you did. You were just so preoccupied that you didn't realize it immediately.' She confirmed and I was confused.

"How? When?"

'When you were by the lake.' She answered as if it was obvious and then explained, 'Agitation creates barriers, tranquility breaks them down.'

I realized then that when I had felt the wind blow through me, it was more in my head than in real life. My mind space was whole again.

"Wait a minute," I said to her, "If you were
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