You give up being a witch. Give up your magic, I’ll make you human. But I’ll make the beast human too. You’ll both be as you were, minus the magic, and you’ll be allowed the future that was taken from you,” I offered, and her eyes narrowed.
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“The witches would never agree to that. I asked them to take my magic at the start; they refused.”
“They had the power then. They don’t anymore. They are not the balance this realm rests on, and I am going to use that fact to get you what you want. But you do have to agree to give up your magic and come back to the city in shackles while we negotiate,” I said, pulling them out from the satchel.
She snarled and stepped back, which made the beast growl and step forward. I got between them, with Kai in my shadow, ready to intervene.
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