Lifeline

Jordan sat in front of his painting as he tried to chant spells to make it come to life, he had been practicing this spell for a while but it didn’t just seem to work, he wondered what he was doing wrong.

Perhaps he should ask his mother, no she would think he had forgiven her and begin to get ahead of herself.

He stood up from where he sat and walked out the door, he walked down the hallway, and after two doors, he knocked on the third gently. It was his mother's room, she liked to give him his distance but not stay too far from him.

"Come in," Minx said from where she sat with a novel, she thought it was one of the housekeepers but she was surprised to see Jordan standing in front of her door.

"Is everything alright son?" she asked with a delightful smile on her face.

"Yes everything's alright, I just thought you'd help me check something out" he said as he scratched the back of his neck because of the weird feeling that comes with asking his mother for help.

"I do not mind" she sa