You're not fighting one power source anymore. You're channeling two opposing forces that should cancel each other out but instead amplify each other because they come from the same origin."
"Show me," Lilith said suddenly.
Everyone looked at her.
"Show me," Lilith repeated. "If I'm carrying this power, I should be able to feel it. Sense it. Something."
Elena nodded slowly. "Close your eyes. Reach for your magic. But don't pull on it. Just....observe it. Feel what's there."
Lilith closed her eyes and carefully, tentatively, reached inward.
Immediately, she felt her power respond. But it was different than it had been two days ago when she tried to access it and nearly exploded the lamp.
This time, instead of one overwhelming surge, she felt.....
Two distinct currents.
One was warm. Bright. Pulsing with energy that felt like growth and creation and living things. Life magic. The Morvaine gift she had always carried.
But underneath that.....
