Chapter 16 - A (Rare) Gift

Meeting with the witches that Seb had brought to the Capital had been unproductive for Belladonna.

None of them could help her get rid of the magic. She had dabbled into the idea of them teaching her how to control it, but they couldn't do that either.

Her powers were strange to them, and restless within her. The spirits of the ghost brides that came with this "curse", didn't make it easy at all.

She could still hear their voices becoming louder and louder if there was too much distance between her and Alaris's gem or him.

This curse kept her movement limited to the castle, and all her plans of visiting those villages with those stupid customs had to be delayed. She had submitted some scrolls regarding the matter to Alaris though, and although they weren't talking, she hoped he would look through them and do what was necessary to be done.

While she was stuck in the castle, she had received a letter from Lytio telling her about her Father's death and Aniya's condition. He said she