Chapter 12
JOHANNA’S HEART THUDDED like crazy. Someone had tried to attack the box.
That box was the symbol of her developing magic. She needed it. The box connected her with Li Fai. Apart from the tree, it contained memories.
She knew for certain: Kylian was stalking her and waiting to make his move. He was not interested in talk and civilised meetings. He would use magic. He probably wanted the box to cripple her ability to fight against him, maybe even to free Alexandre’s spirit and the Church relic’s magic from the tree. Kylian did not have wood magic, but he had brought all the magical tools that he had. He had brought Celine’s ghost and a flood of other ghosts that would frighten the citizens—who were unused to magic—so much that they would either run or hide.
Last time, he had s
