Chapter 71
Ella
Dawn remained a half hour still from the horizon but I was already dressed and portaled myself to the fog-covered family plot that I haven’t been to for almost a week. Since I attempted to unravel the tether. This time, I had no intention of doing so, not until Xaero or the other had found a solution to safely do the spell. I promised as much and I wasn’t keen on bowing over once again if I make a misstep on this particular subject.
But I did pull my magic together and laid fresh bouquets of forget-me-nots on every grave marked beneath my feet before I opened the fifteen-year-old whiskey I had tucked under my arm before coming here. I went up and down the plots, splashing expensive alcohol until it seeped into the earth before I took few mouthfuls for myself.
I couldn’
