Marianna made another gesture, and the pendants that had always been around the necks of the two sisters started to glow. As if by their own will, the pendants pulled forward, toward Mariana. (Patreon)

“Yes, your thoughts are correct.  I’m using them to drain what pathetic powers you have. Don’t worry dears, I’ll take good care of the amulets, and your pathetic excuse for magic. It will be as a drop in the ocean of the powers I command. You’ll be normal, without magical talent. Yet I sense that what scares you more is what comes next…when I take them away!” With a sharp gesture, the pendants broke or slipped or phased, Selena was not sure which, from the necks of the sisters and flew to Marianna’s hand. Again, she snapped her fingers, and they disappeared from view.