Chapter 136

• They took Rezo and threw him into the dungeons, leaving behind a family torn apart and a daughter determined to uphold her father's trust and protect her mother at all costs. Amara and Sybil pleaded before the King, but their pleas fell on deaf ears. Days turned into months, and the once-respected family became outcasts in their own community. Amara's pregnancy brought sickness, and their isolation deepened as even their friends withdrew support, cutting off their food supply.
• "Sybil, I don't know if your papa is alive, but I want to teach you what I know to protect ourselves," Amara confided one day, her voice strained with exhaustion.
• "We witches are caretakers of the earth and our kind," she explained as she began teaching Sybil spells, which the young girl quickly grasped.