How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Stop! What are you doing?" it shrieks.
I smash the third and fourth runes. For a moment, the thing changes shape, becomes my mother, trembling and weak on a patch of strawlike grass.
"Gemma, please stop. You're killing me."
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"No. My mother is dead." (38.42-46)
At the end, Gemma is able to use her wits to not be tricked by the creature. What she finds is that the supernatural isn't predictable—it will use her weakness against her to get power, but Gemma finds strength to diminish her weaknesses and free herself… both from the evil in the realms and from her inner demons.