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"You assumed that I wanted something."
"I am not dumb. The circle would stop anyone from listening to this conversation. You just said it, even magick doesn't work."
"But you can use magick."
It was because the magick that she was using wasn't from nature. But Ava wasn't planning to tell him that.
"Are you going to tell me what you want?" Ava asked.
"I knew they didn't send you."
"Whose they?"
"My enemies," he leaned against the dining table and gestured for Ava to sit on one of the chairs. But she refused to move. "You don't need to know them."
"How did you know they didn't send me?"
"Because you don't have an essence inside you."
"Essence? So the rumor was right. You do have an essence."
"Surviving in this world would be difficult if I didn't have one."
"What is an essence?"
For a few seconds, he stared at her in disbelief. "Are you seriously asking me that?"
"Yes."
