Chapter 217

Talia screamed, one hand over her mouth, and jumped back so fast that she knocked the chair over.

I pushed to my feet. "I am a Jezebel, my magic bestowed upon me by the goddess Asherah for the express purpose of stopping the men and women of the Kabbalistic organization Chariot from achieving immortality."

My mother shook her head in jerky movements. "This is crazy."

"No. It's the truth that I've attempted to shield you from. The original ten who released magic into our world were trying to pull the ultimate con. Achieve that divine spark of Yechida, not through study and faith, but magic, and become immortal. Your precious Isaac is one of them and I'm the only one capable of thwarting them. If it comes to you or me stepping aside? I'll do what I have to in order to protect my magic, my secret, and my cause."

"You sound like your father's people. You're not some holy crusader on a made-up quest."