*
“We’ll start slowly,” Morgana said the next morning after we settled in the basement. “Obviously I can’t be of much help to you because I don’t have any magic of my own. But this morning I rummaged through the attic and found a few books on magic which were written a very long time ago. Perhaps they might prove useful to you.
There were seven of them, with the first one being as big as a dictionary. It looked absolutely ancient, and the title was written in golden letters which were beginning to peel.
The Fundamentals Of Magic: A Beginner’s Guide To Mastering The Darkest Arts.
“Don’t get too excited,” she said upon noticing my raised eyebrow. “It’s not teaching you how to perform black magic. The title merely refers to magic as the ‘dark arts’, a subtle nod to the chaotic nature o
