The witches gathered around her and Abigail could feel the torrent of magic they were channelling. With fifty witches the amount of power they could conjure was intense and it would all be needed today. Opening the portal required an immense amount of magic. This coven was the most powerful and skilled one she had and Abigail hoped they were capable of performing this ritual successfully. Opening the portal would be a feat to equal the ritual performed by the Elders that Elizabeth Rhode had said had transformed them into something that transcended humanity.
The large room around them was usually used for training recruits. Some of the soldiers had not been happy about letting witches use it. While they did accept Abigail as their commander they still distrusted every other magic user in t
