The Circle of Owls (The Grimalkin Book 3) Dani Swanson (best books for 8th graders .TXT) 📖

most ancient beings of power that there is in this world, she doesn’t need to have all the power either. If the witches of the world, and even the creatures are to have any fighting chance, she can’t have all the power either…..though she now thinks that she has all the power.”

“But who are we to make that decision for everyone?”

“We my dear, are the ones who fight against the evil.” Penelope dug into her pockets and pulled out three viles full of purple dust that Thea knew all too well what it was. “You will have enough power back to be a Supreme once you take the rest of the powders.”

“I feel like I have most of my powers back already….like they rejuvenated themselves.” She moved her hand with a flick of her wrist and a small fireball appeared that she quickly snuffed out.

“That’s because you’re a healer, sweetheart. You can’t heal yourself from the outside, but your powers are healing from within.”

“But what about all the other witches that are probably missing some of their magic?”

“Do you want to give it back to them? If you give it to the good covens, it will also go to the bad ones.”

“I don’t want to have all the power. I’ve seen what it turns people into.” Thea was uncomfortable with the idea of having so much power and having to take on that responsibility.

“Wait until the wind is blowing strong, then let the dust go outside of the Izotzan Kingdom. The powers will be restored.” Penelope struggled to hide her disappointment that the one offspring she had that had a good heart didn’t want the power. She picked her knitting back up and forced a smile. “You are the one that was supposed to be the Supreme, ya know.”

“I’ve heard that a lot Grammy. But no one asked me if I wanted to be it.” She got up from her seat and gave her grandma a kiss on the cheek. “But I’ll do what’s best for the masses.”

Thea, Fig and the brothers stayed long enough to see Penelope become the Ice Queen, officially, when she married Irving in the Ice Palace. When the festivities had ended, they all decided it was time to go back to warmer weather.

Thea waited until the wind was blowing hard one day and went outside with the powder she had from her Grammy. She spun in a circle and watch the whirlwind of magic flow in the wind. It blew away and went to all the creatures and witches that were lacking their full magical abilities.

For the first time, in a long time she felt whole. Not only was she happy to have that burden lifted from her own shoulders, she was able to give back to the magical community throughout the kingdoms. She had a burden lifted from her shoulders as she no longer had all of the magic, and thus did not have to be a supreme for any coven in the future.

Thea did keep the few chunks of the crystal that had been put in her bag. She wasn’t sure what to do with them, if she was going to give them back to the Baba Yaga or to grind them down and put them back out into the Ether for those that needed it.

Dean, Fig, and Thea moved to the Winding Woods and built a small cabin where they could live under the cloak of magic that was left in the trees.

Charles also moved to the Winding Woods. When Thea let the dust out into the world, his magic was part of it, and he became stronger too. In his transplanted eye he could catch glimpse of people and things that were happening in their life. Occasionally, he could even see something that hadn’t happened yet.

He knew that Lilly had run away when the fighting had started. Once her collar was off and the fighting had broken out, she was gone. He wasn’t sure where she had run to, but when she was running, she was running in the shape of a white cat. Cricket had failed to take all her magic, and Lilly was still able to shape shift. He saw her surround by elves, and he assumed that she had gone to live with her father’s family.

Charles was dead on with Lilly. She did reconnect with her father, who happened to be the elf in the Circle of Owls. He had tried to free her when she was in the dungeon, but failed. He had seen her fall, after Cricket stole the power of the Grimalkin from her and saved her. They ran from the battle and made a home amongst the elves, who accepted Lilly as one of their own. She got to do her favorite thing, changing into the white cat and watching people from afar.

He even was able to see Sorgin once, but it was if she could see him looking at her. He could feel her looking back at him in the eye and smiling. She said, “I miss you, Charles.” Which scared him to the point that he shut his eye. When he reopened it, he couldn’t find her again.

It seemed to be a boring existence, living in the Winding Woods. Thea would practice her magic and studied the books that she could still get her hands on. Dean continued to add onto their home and built one nearby for Charles. Fig ran in the woods, playing with the magical creatures he found. Everything seemed happy. Thea wanted to see the good in the world and believed that she had been through so much trauma that everything was going to be smooth going forward, Charles on the other hand, didn’t believe that any of it was over.

“There is no more Grimalkin. You said Lilly is a white cat now. The Grimalkin died with Cricket.”

“That’s the problem Thea! There wasn’t a body. You have no proof that Cricket even died!”

The fight was the same whenever