-SELENE-
Viktor told me his grandma—his mom’s mom—was a witch, and why I should probably keep that to myself.
Turns out, it wasn’t just the South Kingdom that feared sorcerers. The East Kingdom had the same fear. Maybe even worse.
His mom didn’t inherit her mother’s powers, though. What she did have were a few enchanted objects I could ask for as a thank-you gift, apparently.
She felt she owed me, deeply, for helping her son heal. Queen Raja was widowed at a young age and had to assume her responsibilities as sovereign. She raised Viktor on her own, and it shows. He’s her pride and joy. She even apologized for how her guards dragged me to the palace. She’d been drowning in worry for her son and wasn’t thinking straight.
I got it. Still, she wanted to give me something in return, and s
