April was getting ready to leave when someone knocked on her door. She and Sirius looked at each other, wondering who it could be and if they should open up or pretend not to be there.
“April, it’s Enzo. Can I come in?”
Hearing it was Enzo, April opened the door. Seeing she was wearing a cloak and carrying a travel bag, he asked, “Are you going somewhere?”
“I have to go back to Laios.”
“There are many monsters in the city. Can’t you stay a little longer?”
“No, I must return to Laios. My daughter is sick; she needs me.”
“It seems that got to you. You were always sick as a child.”
When Enzo mentioned she was always sick as a child, April understood why. It was because her magic had been suppressed, just as she had done with Lissana. April clenched her hands into fists and thought, *I
