Chapter 52:

Repentance and regret

Edina shepherd's POV.

"These people are so evil," I whispered to Katana, who was also paralyzed with fear from the stranger calling herself Queen Zita who had confidently strolled into Jacob's territory without an invite.

The protection spell I cast did not work because my grandson lay on the floor wounded. My intuition told me to cast a powerful protection spell on the park and Jacob as soon as I returned from the great Oracle.

Pythia had told me not to intrude but who am I not to protect my only remaining bloodline… I glanced around the room while a cold sweat trickled from the tempo of my skull.

The first instinct in my mind is that I'm slowly forfeiting my ability to perform any sustainable spell to ward off evil beings such as Queen Zita.

The peculiar hag just flickered her fingers toward my Jacob and he carelessly tumbled to the floor… The aura she possessed was the strongest I had ever encountered, second to pythias' and it felt like what Bella exhibited w