AliceThe road to Cuburua, the corner of the sorceresses, seemed to be endless.It was a long way from the Northern Pack, so the journey took many more days than I could have imagined. And that was all chaos, in which I would get weak, vomit, and get sick, and we had to make strategic stops in order to rest.Every day, my physical energy seemed to drain, and Jackson would go into crisis.One night, when they thought I had fallen asleep, Enya spoke the words I most dreaded hearing, ones that could become a terrible reality."She's not well at all; holding on to a salvation is good, but you have to know that there's a chance Alice might not survive.""If that happens, I don't know what I'm going to do, so I don't want to think about that possibility," Jackson said, and I held back the urge to cry.The poor guy had been such a gentleman, but the reality was that he was taking on responsibilities he didn't have, and I didn't know how to push him away when I was scared shitless myself that

AliceThe surprise filled me completely. I couldn't believe how good I felt and how blissful it was to have Selene back with me. However, some fear crept into my system when I didn't understand what was going on."What do you mean by coven?" I asked the matriarch."In order for your power as a primary sorceress to be stable, we had to consecrate you to this land, which makes you a sorceress belonging to our coven," she explained, and my eyebrows rose."What does that mean? I have no notion whatsoever of what it is to be a sorceress; if I harass, I know the term exists; it's from history books, much less imagine the responsibility that could come with becoming a primary sorceress.""I'll put it bluntly, but not so rudely: enshrining yourself in a specific land means that land will receive your magic at the moment of your death."That sounded creepy.It's not bad; it's part of the cycle of magic, and it's a practice of the Goddess herself, Selene said, and that calmed me down."What oth