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Chapter 13
The next day, the witches stood complete in their 'special clothes' on the snow,
Dea's teeth chattered rapidly and she breathed out puffs of snow.
Where they were was vast and covered heavily in snow, beside them were the woods, as more witches joined up; Dea didn't fail to note that Faina had adjusted her breeches so that it hugged her calves tightly.
They all waited in silence for the warlocks to arrive, after they had eaten breakfast Sybil informed them their first class would be elemental training.
All the witches were positively vibrating with excitement.
Dea was not.
Earlier, she had met the prince, and their meeting was disastrous. . .
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"Good morning, your highness," she greeted after she was admitted into the office.
His hair which always sleek and secured pr
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