Nicholas’ POV:
"What do you mean, how far would I go to save my father?" I asked Cassandra. As far as I knew, there was no solution to the problem he was facing, and when Allegra told me that there might be a light at the end of the tunnel, I cheered up, but now that light was apparently going to demand a high sacrifice.
"Well child, there are not many alternatives for a magical being who turns towards darkness, so it is usually called 'a path of no return'," Cassandra started to explain to us. "However, not all wizards have a crystal like this, which contains the spirits of as many ancestors as in our family. I believe he came after this magical object, am I correct?" Cassandra asked us.
Allegra replied firmly: "Yes, ma'am, but he and his friend did not even come close to the crystal.
