Chapter 326

Ava's POV "What do you mean by 'contact'?" I asked urgently. Odelia sat down next to me, her eyes serious but patient. "Look, honey, tracking spells need some kind of connection to whoever you're looking for. There's a few different ways this works. You can use something they've touched, like their stuff, hair, blood, that kind of thing. Or there's the emotional route, you know, if you're close to them or have strong feelings about them. And then there's contact traces, basically leftover energy from when you've actually touched them, like shaking hands or hugging." My heart sank. "I met Liam a week or two ago. That's it." "That's too long," Mom shook her head. "The energy residue only lasts a few days at most." I wracked my brain anxiously before a sudden realization hit me. "What if I have something of Caroline's? The child's mother must have the strongest connection to him." Odelia's eyes lit up. "Absolutely! The mother-child bond is one of the strongest connections possible. But th