A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

by Sangu Mandanna

She was not outright villainous (that would require a certain level of competence, and Clemmie had, after all, cursed herself), but she certainly seemed to aspire to villainy and, therefore, thought of little but herself.

“Inanimates, Animates, Bindings, and Adaptables,”

“Inanimates are spells cast on inanimate objects, like making a mop wash a floor on its own or alchemising lead to gold,” she replied, rattling the words off like he’d issued a personal challenge. “Animates are spells cast on living things, like the resurrection spell I cast on Jasmine, and Bindings are extreme Animates, like Clemmie’s curse.”