Melissa’s POVI straightened, pushing myself back up, my hands moving again, this time with purpose, grabbing everything I needed before stepping away from the table, quickly placing crystals in a circle around me. Small things.I closed my eyes.Taking a slow breath.Then another.With my little spell book in my hand, I opened my eyes, scanning the words in front of me. “By blood and bone, by earth and sky, I call the strength that does not die. From root to stone, from wind to flame, no harm shall pass, none stake a claim.” Magic began to buzz under my skin, the air around me becoming still. “Circle sealed and power bound, let no dark force cross this ground. By will, by word, by magic true, I cast this shield, I make it new. Let all who enter come in peace, or turn away and find release. This land is guarded, this bond is sworn, protect them.”Light flowed from me, spreading out like a wave, pushing through the palace walls, over the grounds, out toward the edges of the kingdom.I
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