Sometimes you can't be who you want to be and sometimes you can't do what you want to do.

That is the daily life of our anti-heroine. She is over powered with innate and learned magics and abilities but she does not have them to use them. she has them because she was born with them and she learns quickly. 

for her it is about acquisition not utilization. She wants to have power to understand power but she doesn't want to serve and protect. 

but it is out of her hands because she is Rachel, the Milana of Trannisa realm. her purpose is to maintain a balance dictated by the realm.

she is there when she has to be and when she is not needed she is off learning new things. 

so what happens when she is suddenly needed all the time? will her habit of avoidance become a mask of doubt and insecurity. 

so will she be a flawed being and pass the torch or will she endure in self doubt and constant insecurity. 

or is there a third option that has been there all along and completely out of her control?

The smiles fell from both Alice and Trannisa's faces. They looked at each other stoically for a long moment. Both of them taking sips from their beverages. 


"You have something for me to do. How very odd." Alice stood and inhaled deeply. "You know I do not wish to leave."


"And you do not need to. Do not worry."


Alice narrowed her eyes. "And the moment you say that is the exact time to worry." She pursed her lips and thought for a moment, leaning on the back of the chair she had just vacated.


"And you believe that this will solidify her desire to truly be the Milana?"


Alice returned to her seat and grabbed a strong libation. Trannisa watched with a raided eyebrow and smirk on her lips.


"All you have to do is ask. You do not need to manipulate."


Trannisa scoffed. "Everything for her is tactile. She has to feel it to know it and believe it. Asking will just bring on more of this resentment she naturally festers for all things."


Chapter 243 - A Mission from Trannisa