Chapter Three
Cissy scrunched her hands open and closed around the key she had for protection as she made her way down the street towards Rick and Tabitha's house. She should have used her magic to cast a protection spell around herself, even if it might draw some undue attention. But she'd wanted to test herself and whether she could manage the whole journey without using something like that to reassure herself. The key was a compromise she'd made with herself to be able to do that. She knew it wouldn't do much if anyone actually attacked her, but she should be able to puncture her own skin with it and use her magic to launch a counterattack.
In theory. If anything, being kidnapped by Alvin from her own home had taught her not to be so sure about these things. She had to be more on her
