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#40 A New Kind of Magic

Avalea

Something has changed between Aldrich and I. I felt it in that stunned look he gave me when I came out of the privy, and I can feel it now, the minute he walked into the hut.

He’s avoiding my gaze and looking in my direction all too much.

“Is everything alright?”

“Yes. Sure. Why shouldn’t it be?”

Why is his voice strangely high-pitched? He is behaving really oddly.

“I’ll clean the hare outside. Wouldn’t want to get it all bloody and messy here.”

“I can…”

He steps out.

“... clean it up.”

Well, that was interesting.

I’ll talk to him later, when he’s ready.

Meanwhile, I have a ritual to prepare for. The Blood Ritual demands that one be pure, physically and mentally. I have to cleanse. I wish I could have a real soak in a steaming tub of hot water. Unfortunately, that’s not a luxury we have.

But I have my magic. I hug my middle, a huge smile on my face. I have been feeling so invincible in my own power lately. To think I was only restricting myself to what the Council allowed.
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