I feel myself healing as I hear my mom and Peter talking. “She was touched by darkness, we have to watch her. It will be a battle she alone has to fight. Clara is good, she has the guidance of her ancestors and the love of her family, she will come out on the other end of this. I know it deep within me.” “She is a fighter.” He agrees. “Agnes, thank you for coming for me.” He says in all seriousness. “I would never leave a child of mine behind, no matter how dangerous.” I feel Peter’s love for my mom grow then, a bond forged by respect and love. I see them hug as I drift back off into a sleepless nightmare. It’s dark, I hear dripping coming from the rocks. I see her, standing there with red eyes, taunting me to use the dark magic that sleeps inside me. I can feel the purple glow of th

