Elena stood and moved to Lilith's bedside. She placed her hand over Lilith's heart...gentle, not invasive....and closed her eyes.
"The curse is here," Elena said. "Coiled around your heart. Feeding on your magic. Growing stronger every day. Right now it's trying to kill you. But what if instead of fighting it, you claimed it? Pulled it into your core and made it part of your power instead of something foreign eating you alive?"
She opened her eyes and looked at Lilith directly.
"You would become something that's never existed before," Elena said. "A witch who can wield death magic and life magic simultaneously. Someone who can manipulate bonds and curses with equal skill. A bridge between the living and the dead."
"That's impossible," Victoria said. "No one can wield opposing magics. They cancel each other out or drive the caster insane."
