Chapter 80

Although she wanted to be concerned about what was happening to her, Lucinda had no time to be concerned about anything else. She wanted nothing more than for the anguish to end, and it looked like the more she doubted herself, the more the suffering worsened. But she was certain it wasn't their goddess Circe, because she never asked for a soul. She suspected that whomever was within the lagoon was an individual who required a soul to survive, or perhaps the soul keeper himself. But she doesn't know who she can trust anymore, so she considered the situation for a while more.

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It had been half a day when Lava had initially made her way into the great ancient region as a fugitive. In the maze of concentric stone triangles of the mysterious astrological highland, she had collapsed, and one of the witches caring for the holy site had discovered her and brought her to the tunnel entrance, where she informed Norma of her appearance.

Awakened, Lava walked to the clearing an