After what happened in the Garden Above Ground, practicing glyphs became Alice's new hobby. Lucian watched as she held a piece of chalk and gently drew a line across the wood slab.
But she hated being watched, especially when she was trying to focus.
The shape Alice wanted to draw was simple enough. It was called a grounding glyph. The Grimoire explained that apprentice morticians used it to test their magic's stability before trying to perform rites.
There were no emotional triggers or memory tethers needed to activate. By all counts, it should have been an easy one to cast. But for an unknown reason, it didn't.
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Alice erased the chalk line and shook her hand. "Why does it keep sliding?" She asked, sighing through her teeth.
Trying to keep his distance, Lucian leaned over slightly. "Your lines are clean...and the proportions are right..."
