Chapter 28 Mark “Here’s where I placed the protection of my blood.” At first, I thought Scáthach meant it figuratively, with a spell of some sort, but on closer inspection, I saw a small, rust-brown on the bottom right corner of the page. A fingerprint? Scáthach smiled at my wide-eyed curiosity. “Interesting is it not? Sometimes, I wonder if magic and science are different entities, or if one is just an extension of the other. While modern science focuses on DNA, fingerprints, and other things we can see with our eyes, I believe it is all part of the same process. Like calls to like after all, whether we are able to explain it or not.” She shook her head, a bemused look on her face. “You have no idea how fascinated I was to discover how far human knowledge has advanced since my time. M

