Chapter 77

Alice

"You're silly," I said and Bianca winked at me before walking away.

Jackson came over, and I hugged him right away. I didn't want to get off of him, and for me to see him hurt was something I never wanted to witness again. I didn't have the desire, the heart, or the mood to deal with something like that again. I was strong, but not strong enough to live through it again.

"Stop thinking so much," he said, kissing me. "Better focus on what they're going to do today."

When Val came over, she told me she had been notified by the matriarch, so between the two of us, we made all the necessary preparations for the locating spell. The ingredients were simple, but then I saw a chalice and a dagger different from the ones they usually use.

"Why are these different?" I asked curiously.

"Because the Goddess herself endowed them with ancestral magic, that means their truth is infallible and unique," Val said. "It was the one we used to find out who you really are."

I opened my mouth in surpr