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Now everything made sense in the fragmented memories Meridiana had stolen from the young mage.

One specific spell kept repeating in that witch’s mind like a loop.

She didn’t want to forget it, so she recited it over and over again.

Meridiana learned it from her: the way to slowly extract the dangerous energy from this crystal.

It was just a fragment, stolen by the imprisoned witches.

They managed to pass it on—at great cost—to the girl who served as Celia’s slave.

She was their hope, b