Gio POV
“Could you explain a little more, please? What do you mean your family did this to me?”
I asked.
“Uhm, the stone, well not just the Opal, but the ring in its entirety belonged to my family. My great-great-grandmother blessed that opal over one hundred years ago with light magic and love. It was meant to bond the family to one another. Back when she was around, witches didn’t form covens; after the witch trials, we’d gone into hiding so many times when we came of age, we would leave our homes and set off somewhere else, leaving our family behind.
My great-great-grandmother didn’t want that to happen to our family, so she blessed the large center stone, the Ceridian Opal, and thirteen smaller ones, called gold stones, making them forever connected. When someone would l
