Learning From Sister Holly’s Failure

While Ashlynn prepared the seed of witchcraft with Jacques standing guard, Talauia focused on preparing Heila for the trial ahead. At the moment, that meant both women were working in one of Amahle's many gardens, collecting both ingredients for dinner and for something else that the older witch intended to concoct for Heila. 

To Heila, the garden itself was something of a marvel. She wasn't unfamiliar with vegetable gardens, she'd helped tend to her family's garden as a young girl and she helped with the flower gardens in the castle once she joined the serving staff. 

One thing she had never seen, however, was a garden that was so free of weeds. Not only that, but every plant in the garden seemed to grow larger than any similar plant she'd ever encountered, towering over her and requiring sturdy wooden posts in the ground to hold themselves up with the weight of vegetables they produced.