117: An Eerie Spell

Leila’s POV

“That would be the very last time that I’d ever let Cora humiliate me,” I swore before the gods that be as I sat in a circle of candles.

My heart was thumping, anger was coursing through my veins, the hairs on my skin were burning, my head was ridden with chaotic thoughts, my hands were trembling at my sides, my eyes were stinging with hot tears.

All of that was happening because of how infuriated and humiliated I felt, but even through everything fucking hurt at the moment, heightened emotions meant that I could draw far more power from beyond and I intended to do just that.

“Spirits of the great beyond, dark witches of my ancestor’s past, the threads that intertwine day and night, I call on you to empower your child” I chanted angrily, my hands fisted by my sides and my entire being burning with hatred.

Still, despite all the emotions I was channelling into my chant, the candles weren't lighting up. That could only mean that I hadn't been heard by the spirits I was calli