The Demon
If we were faster, then maybe, but when we arrived, the execution had already been underway.
Right then, death would be preferable for her than a lifetime of torment. Only a skilled mage healer could help her now, and we had none. I was of no use. I couldn’t interfere. I could only watch her suffer.
“What has she done?” Henry yelled to the crowd.
“They’re executing a witch, your grace,” somebody answered. A witch? Mother? Martha? Would they do the same to them?
The rage inside me exploded in a fiery stream of power. It lashed outside, reaching the woman on the scaffolding, and in one strike, I tore the bond tethering her soul to this life, and it soared into heaven, gifting me with a small,
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