Chapter 254: Within You
Olivia wiped the blood from her nose as she tried to stand up but Liliana shook her head and let her sit down for a longer time. Olivia’s chest rising and falling as she tried to catch her breath. The grass still glowed faintly around her, the warmth of the magic ebbing slowly from her fingertips. Her voice was shaky when she finally spoke.
"How... how is this possible?" she asked, turning her wide eyes toward Liliana. "You said a witch can only control one element. But I have used fire, water, and now... this earth. How?"
Liliana hesitated, clearly torn. She brushed Olivia’s hair back from her damp forehead and then slowly stood and watched the grass. It was not one or two strands but the whole stone was covered with grass now.
"It’s true," she finally admitted, her voice low. "Witches are born attuned to one element. That’s the law of nature. The balance of magic itself. We train others, yes, but that takes years of spellwork, rituals, focus stones, and still, it’s nothing like what you did."
Liliana looked back at the temple for a long moment before turning to Olivia again. "You didn’t just perform a spell, Olivia. You commanded the elements. That’s not something a witch learns. It’s something... she’s born with."
Olivia’s brows furrowed. "So what does that mean?"
"It means you’re not just any witch," Liliana whispered, voice tense with a mixture of fear and awe. "You might be the strongest one ever born."
The words hung in the air like thunder waiting to strike.
Liliana knelt beside her again, her tone urgent now. "You have to inform the coven. They will want to see this for themselves. If you truly can use more than one element, Olivia. if you’re what I think you are, then you are a rarity we have only read about in ancient texts. A bloodwitch with all the elements! You could bring a revolution."