A Dark and Secret Magic
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Read between September 7 - September 11, 2025
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I should have been in bed hours ago, but the crackling fire to my left and the dozing cat in my lap make it impossible to move from my antique reading chair.
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Ginny, who has been a practicing book witch for two years and merely needs to hold a book in her hands to know its contents, can never understand why it takes anyone more than an afternoon to finish a novel.
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I want to be a book witch..
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I would go days without talking to another person. In those long stretches of isolation, it’s too easy to become acutely aware of the cavity my mother left behind.
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Real
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Book witches have the ability to remember anything they have ever read, but they must give up other knowledge to do so.
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“Intention is what feeds magic. The desire to have something done and then increasing the chances that it will happen, all through our intention.”
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If you can touch it, see it, or imagine it, it can amplify your ability to do magic.
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I force myself not to lick the plate clean, instead setting it on the ground for Merlin, who happily slurps away.
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Life with a cat
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No true book witch goes to bed before three.
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Me reading this at 3am
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I relish the warmth that radiates out from my chest as my mouth coats in thick chocolate and caramel. It’s an effort not to inhale the rest of the drink, because I want so badly to banish the ice still lingering in my heart.
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“If he does, they won’t get close to you. Not if they have to go through me first,” he says.
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Oof cringe
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The cottage smells like fresh coffee.
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Love
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he growls.
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Ew
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“My family and I are descendants of the King Below, sworn to serve him,”
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Oh wow definitely didn't see this one coming.. ·_·