Chapter 24

"Asteria was the name of the witch I told you about before, Milena," Alpha Marcus told me. "The one who saved my mother and lived with us for a couple of months. She had that book when she came and left it to my mother as a parting gift. But we couldn't read it, so my mother asked why she was giving it to us. Asteria’s only reply was that 'soon someone who could read it would come.' And since then we have kept the book in our library." I was genuinely speechless after Alpha Marcus told me that. I don't know if it was a common name for a witch, but it was too much of a coincidence. My mother was the one who inspired Alpha Marcus to search for a witch? She was the witch who saved his mother before? But when did that happen? Was it before she met my father, or was it after? "Milena? Are you alright?" "H-Huh? Y-Yeah... I'm fine... I think I just need rest..." But the truth was that I was just too stunned to react about everything that I found out. It just feels so surreal for all these