Nicholas’ POV:
I opened my eyes on that cold spring morning. It was still early to be hot, and I felt the cold invaded me. Perhaps it was not the cold of the weather, but the cold that settled in my soul. Today was an important day, but not an exciting one. Today was my father’s judgment day, so I was not too eager to leave my bed.
I had not been sleeping well for a couple of days since Cassandra offered me that solution that at the same time seemed crazy to me, but it was still like a light at the end of the tunnel for most of my problems. Being able to keep my father as a human was better than watching him languish as a wizard. After all, he would be banned from using magic anyway, right? Still, the question remained whether he could stand to have his powers extracted. The problem with
