That afternoon, Xavier dropped me off at Serena’s house. Her door opened before I had a chance to knock.
“Ariande, please come in.” I heard her voice from the back of the house.
Something made the hair on my arms stand up. There was a sparkling energy radiating through her house and I was drawn to it. I walked through the living room and kitchen to a small room in the back of the house. Serena had a pattern of circles with something that looked like salt drawn out. There were candles and crystals placed around the circles at various points.
“Welcome, my dear.”
“Thanks, Serena. What is this?” I gestured to the pattern on the floor.
“It’s a protection circle.”
“It kind of looks like my necklace.”
Serena chuckled, “Where do you think it comes from?”
“I brought my mom’s journal and one
