Still on Penelope POV

I was walking the familiar, yet unusual, path to Ummi’s very own spell room. I stopped in front of the odd-looking door without any doorknob or means to pull it open. I held my hand up in the air to knock at it when it pulled open with force. And standing a few inches away from me was Ummi. Her dark purple eyes fell on me, her lips twitching into a small smile as if she was expecting me.

"Come in, I was told you are in need of my help," she said, a little warmer than I had expected since our last meeting when she...