Chapter 89 EIGHTY-EIGH

NIKOLAI'S POV Hawke let go of my hand. He did the spell all by himself together with the other witches. I am a witch too and I am fully aware how badly he needed a channel to maintain the border. But I was already too weak. Julia too. It was pathetic. I felt pathetic that I couldn't even lend my strength. I saw my mother walking towards where we were but before she could even come closer, Morgiana stood in between us. My mind screamed to run but my body was too weak to even lift a finger. Then the next thing I saw was Morgiana flying across the field until there was nothing stopping my mother from coming towards us. Suddenly, I was back in that pitiful hut. I was back in our old home. I was back in the corner of our hut, trembling in fear as mother was walking closer to us, wearing that gentle smile on her face. Julia was curling next to me, trembling in fear too. Suddenly, all those memories I have tried so hard to bury resurfaced and is now eating me whole. Suddenly, I was that sca