Chapter 214

The memories hit like a tidal wave.

Not mine. Not entirely. They belonged to people who'd been dead for centuries. Grandmothers and great-grandmothers stretching back through time until the faces blurred and the names became whispers.

But I knew them all.

I saw through my mother's eyes as she sealed my magic, tears streaming down her face as she whispered apologies I couldn't understand yet. I fel