Abril spent the entire morning pacing back and forth in her room. When she got tired, she sat down and stroked Koda's fur, but she couldn't stop worrying about all the injured people because of the monster attack. She wanted to help and use her magic to heal the wounded, but Alessandro had forbidden it; he didn't want it to be known that she possessed magic.
She had thought all her life that she did not possess magic, and when everyone said she was useless, she believed it. But that had changed; she possessed magic, a powerful kind that could help many, but she couldn't do it, and that made her feel powerless.
The sound of a knock on her door pulled her out of her thoughts, and then she heard Maya's voice behind the door.
"Abril, it's Maya. Can I come in?"
"Of course."
Maya entered th
