From that day forward, until she turned eighteen, she learned all sorts of strange things from Qontessah, which she later realized were sorcery or witchcraft.

She learned to be benevolent by using white magic and cruel by using black magic from her. Qontessah was a master of all trades. She learned to heal and kill, but most importantly, she learned to manipulate the environment to her advantage.

She had moved out of the house by the time she was eighteen, and she was already making money, but her family had no idea. She bought the island where most of her clothes came from when she was twenty and started putting...