Chapter 7.
I SHOOK MY HEAD. IT was almost impossible for me to believe. And yet, it was happening. Like magic.
No...She paused. I knew my mother well enough to know that had she been alive, she would have cleared her throat in that moment. She always did when she was about to say something important. The Magic Realm activated the power in the locket, as I knew it would. Because I knew you wouldn’t listen to my warnings. You would come here despite the fact I told you not to. I had to make sure you were protected. What are you doing here, Ava?
I bit my lip, guilt cramping my gut. But now was not the time to clam up, nor hide. I was an adult, older than my mother had been when she’d had me. More than that, I was alive and free to make my own choices. She wasn’t here—not physically—to stop
