“ It is a mother's duty to teach her daughters about the uses of blood, particularly a magical daughter. ”
What are acquaintance for, if not to supply the pleasures of gossip?
~ Zen Cho
... it is strange to know you would be cast off by the people who greet you so warmly, if they knew the whole truth about you.
Whether I'm a good wife doesn't have anything to do with what he was like.
Magic ran in the family. Even her mother's second cousin, who was adopted, did small spells on the side. She sold these from a stall in Kota Bharu. Her main wares were various types of fruit fried in batter, but if you bought five pisang or cempedak goreng, she threw in a jampi for free.