Secrets in her blood

om the strain of labor that had only just ended minutes ago. Her breaths were still sh

na strode into the room with a chilling urgency. Before Madeline

out, trying to rise despite the pain in her lim

ression solemn. "Your child cannot g

her, heart pounding

our child is the youngest among us and she carries the gift. If we all stay here, we'll perish. You, the baby,

've chosen her to leave this place. To carry on our story.

d yet now they looked like strangers. She knew how much the world hated them for what they

hter to die before she e

moment with her?" Madeline as

nodded. With care, she stepped forward and gen

heeks as she kissed the child's soft forehead. "Her name is

handed her back to Elder Tina this time, to

r flames flickering gently in the dimly lit chamber. The air inside was thick with tension and s

aby cooed softly, unaware of the weight her tiny presence carried. Eld

joven... al que has bendecido," she intone

erce and unrelenting. The flames of the red candles danced violently before all of

al was c

gently from its center. She turned to Leah, he

weaken," Elder Tina warned. "You must protect her, raise her well and w

t determined grip. Behind them, Madeline watched, silent and broken, as tears strea

as they watched Leah walk away with the child. Outside, a car waited its engine ru

t, Elder Tina turned back to the oth

o our last breat

the night with baby Aurelia, the remain

elentless, and armed with fi

ive shields and defensive charms with every ounce of strength they had left. Sparks flare

ly, unleashing the raw force of their magic, but exhaustion had already begu

ns had lit the edges of the forest and the coven grounds aflame. The fi

g. Too many spells had already been cast, and their energy was nearly depleted.

es fell not to blades

e and sorrow, their final thoughts heavy with the hope that so

end was near. Her sisters were falling around her, their cries blending with the crackling roar of t

gth, Madeline raised her hands to th

esta Tierra, y la conviertas en un suelo sagrado donde nuestros espíri

rate, more powerful, drawn from a place deeper than magic drawn from love,

like a thousand voices. Flames surged higher, brighter, then twisted violently as if resisting. The

er, united in silence, a

not claim

spell had

neath them. The ground pulsed with sacred energy, transformed into hallowed land. A plac

gacy was not lost and Aurelia could very well