Chapter 196 This Again

• I swallowed hard.
• “Aeryna?” I managed, though my voice wavered. “This again?”
• “You are the one we’ve been waiting for. The soul of the Mother Witch reborn. Do you not feel it? That pull inside your blood, and the way the very threads of magic reach for you? For centuries, the covens of Khragnir searched the realms, prayed, sacrificed, and hoped, only to find nothing. But you—” She lifted her hand and pressed it against her heart. “You belong to us. To the witches.”