#Chapter 328: Ancient Magic

With Nathan gone, some of the guilt set upon me. Nathan had been gaslighting me, I knew that. Bridget’s actions were not my responsibility, but his words had given me a measure of discomfort inside of my chest. Even though Bridget’s actions hadn’t been directly caused by me, she was likely acting a bit more aggressively out of jealousy. Nicholas had come to my defense, but did not do the same for her, even when she tried to push the issue. It wasn’t my fault, and she should have behaved more like an adult. But I could sympathize with her hurt feelings. It would pain me greatly to have Nicholas defend someone else and not me. But my sympathy stopped short when I remembered all that Bridget had done to me, and also that her incident tonight could have been so easily avoided. Nicholas touched his hand to the small of my back. “You alright?” he asked me. “I’m fine,” I told him. I wanted to thank him for all that he’d done for me, yet when I went to speak once more, Elva tugged on Nic