EPILOGUE

6 Months later….

It has been thirty minutes since I have been waiting in the room, eager to be discharged, while Hamish pays off the hospital bill. It took me nearly six months to recover from my last battle, which drained me of almost all my powers and made my body frail. Nightshade was in no better shape.

During these months, everything came to light…. The mansion in which Megiculus held me captive was my mom’s. Also, Charlie was close to being normal again, and the town’s healers worked hard to save him. Alas, they couldn't save Lucas and so we buried him in the town’s graveyard where he could be close to the only family he ever had. That’s where Hamish and I will go, to pay our respects, after this exhaustingly long procedure of billing is complete.

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Tonight, there is a party at the guildhall to celebrate our victory as well as a tribute to Lucas.