Chapter 58

Jackson

"That's not possible; your mother had to have used dark magic to do something like that," I said flatly, and she denied it.

"You don't have to resort to that kind of magic when you make a love sacrifice," Amalia said, and I looked at her in surprise because she was speaking firmly. "I know you possibly don't know much about sorcerers, but they can sacrifice themselves if they are going to create something that goes against nature. For the Goddess there are certain exceptions to her rules, and one of them is love. My mother knew she was going to die, so she made her death a sacrifice to save my father and prevent him from dying of something unnatural or accidental. She gave him her ultimate protection, and although it's unusual for this to be done, it's part of what we can do for the people we truly love."

I swallowed hard before the weight of his words.

It was an unusual situation, so it was somewhat reassuring in a way.

"Then that's good; however, you guys need to be much mor