“What do you mean that Reina was missing?” I asked in confusion. “The bodies were burnt weren’t
they? How would you have been able to identify her?”
“The witches wore different robes to signify their positions. There were three levels in the coven. There
were the ser vants who ran errands for the others, they wore simple robes that were burnt to a crisp in the fire. The next level was the coven priestesses. They were involved in the rituals and the sacrifices.
They were bright red robes with some embellishments on them. You could make out the designs, even
in the fire. It wasn’t hard to seeing as they were etched into the fabric.”
“And Reina?” I asked. Her name felt like ash on my tongue and simply mentioning it had the air in the room growing colder. I remembered Lyla’s words about the souls of the other witches and I couldn’t
help but wonder if they were feeling angry about the fact that we were openly speaking about her.
I tried to put myself in their shoes. I would be furious, beyond a reasonable doubt. She not only led them down the wrong path, but she betrayed and killed them all- for power. It was disappointing but it was the way of life. Cruel people did whatever they could to remain in power- it was their way. I blinked away all thoughts of them realizing I was getting swarmed by it and turned back to Briggs.
“Her robe was pure silver as if it had been spun from moonlight. My father said it was embellished with precious stones and it looked like it was worth a fortune. Around her neck, she wore a talisman shaped in a crescent moon that she used to communicate directly with the goddess. After the fire, people stormed the coven grounds in search of her body so they would steal the stones but she and her robes were gone.”
“She set the fire and escaped,” I deduced and he nodded. “So there is a possibility that she is the one doing this to us.”
He shook his head. “It isn’t a possibility, your majesty, it is a fact. If there is anyone who has the power to do this to a person- it is her. Besides, I saw her.”
My eyes widened in shock and I stared at Briggs with my jaw slack. It was comforting to know that I wasn’t the only one who was stunned by his admission. Ryker and Lyla were staring at him with varying
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she look like?” I asked and he opened his mouth to respond but I cut him off with more questions. “What did she want? Why did she appear to you? Did she
at a time, please,” Briggs held out his hand to stop me but I was too agitated. There was so much that I needed to know. “I was walking in the gardens trying to get some herbs when I wandered into the forest. I came across a young woman, I immediately knew she wasn’t meant to be there. She was beautiful with silver hair
because it aldr
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she needed me to. deliver. I offered to
she grabbed me. It felt like I was dying, I could almost feel the life seeping out of me and before my eyes, she grew younger. She told me to pray that you came this way because you were the only one who could save me. Then she said to tell you congratulations on passing her test because you
by endgame?” Ryker asked but no one
step forward but I stepped in front of him. She already told us a million times over that she couldn’t talk to us about the future. She could
already fought so many enemies, maybe not on the same scale as Reina but that didn’t mean we couldn’t defeat her. I trusted that we would, it was just going to take some time
us. You should go back to rest. We will be
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