“You are incredible, and you should be proud of the person you have become. I know that being this unique has come at a price. I’m sure it’s made you feel terribly lonely.” Evie’s face fell. She was vulnerable, unsure. Yet those eyes sparked with hope—like she recognized me as the mirror of her own soul. “But I hope you can one day look back on that loneliness with gratitude. Because without it, you wouldn’t have fallen so deeply in love with your magick. You wouldn’t have read so much, learned so much, evolved into the perfect expression of divinity that you are.”