When Ivy got to Roman’s house, he poured her a cup of tea and led her to the couch. She tried helping him cook, but he gently and firmly kicked her out of the kitchen. She spent the time he was cooking in the other room watching TV with Harper. He was introducing her to an anime he really liked.
“So, they tried to bring their mother back from the dead, but one lost their entire body and the other one lost a few limbs?” Ivy asked him.
“Yes, you’re not supposed to use alchemy to bring back someone who died,” Harper said. “It’s unnatural and there’s price to pay because of it.”
“This is a really intense show,” Ivy said, staring at the screen. “And interesting.”
“Dinner is ready,” Roman called to them.
They walked into the kitchen, still discussing the rules of alchemy. Roman had set t
