Diana’s POV The moonlight spilled across my desk as I flipped through another ancient text about forbidden magic. My eyes burned from hours of reading, and my back ached from hunching over these dusty books. But I couldn't stop. Not when Sarah was trapped by magic I barely understood. The words blurred together on the page. "Binding spells of the third order... mental subjugation through ethereal manipulation..." None of it made complete sense. These texts were written by sorcerers who lived centuries ago, using techniques that had been banned for good reason. I rubbed my temples and tried to focus. There had to be something here that could help me understand what Ashran had done to Sarah. Some clue about how to break a spell this powerful without destroying her mind in the process. "Y

