Chapter 27

GRACE POV

I knew from the start that this one was above me.

It took me quite some time to finally come to terms with my role in all of this game, and the convincing game wasn't all merry. I remember running from all of it; wanting to be no part of such a big, saving the world from ruin game because it all just felt too much for me.

Yes, I was considered one of the rare talents in my coven, having mastered the control of magic and mana from a young age, yet I was convinced the universe had skipped the pills.

It was during that time I figured that maybe Hercules never really wanted to be in a one-on-one fight with Cerberus; that Mary just may have wanted to live a normal life with her soon-to-be husband and not give birth to the redeemer.

Maybe they believed that there was someone out there worthy of all the honors, with millions of credits from their past lives who were more than capable of fulfilling the tasks; and that they were just inferior beings pulled into a circle of uncert