Chapter 10
“You’re born, you live, you make mistakes, you do some good things, and maybe you do some crappy things—like unintentionally become a witch, kill some people, align yourself with a s******c sprite, and plunge all of your friends and family into mortal peril. And then you die. If you’re lucky. If you’re not lucky, you wander around a place that isn’t quite hell wondering if you will ever actually get to die.” ~ Jewel
The group's footsteps echoed faintly in the eerie silence of the Realm of the Dead, the sound swallowed almost immediately by the oppressive stillness. Jewel trailed behind, her arms wrapped tightly around herself, trying to ignore the icy tendrils of dread that seemed to seep into her bones with every step. Her mother’s ghostly form hovered at her side, its presen
