Chapter 330

• There was no more time to waste. We had no way of knowing whether the Fae attackers had come through a portal or had been trapped in this realm all along. Portals, aside from mine, required immense power to create and were notoriously difficult, especially when transporting multiple beings or crossing great distances.
• It was clear Marinella had traveled here via a portal, but the troubling question remained: had she brought others with her? Worse yet, had she somehow transported an entire army?
• That same night, Leonardo, Graziana, Noemi, and Enrico trained under the moon’s glow. Leonardo was refining his skills, while Enrico was starting from scratch. The guilt weighed heavy on me—guilt for making this choice for my friends, for changing their lives without their full consent. Even if they seemed to embrace their new reality, I wasn’t sure I’d ever fully forgive myself.