Alisha looked at Alex, who showed no expression. She could understand what Maya and everyone meant; she clearly needed to learn, but that didn't mean she was ready to learn fighting.

She knew she had to protect herself, and Alex had saved her by putting his life at stake, so it was kind of useless if she would rely on him when they weren't even on good terms.

Moreover, if she was certainly not ready to use Alex for curse-breaking, then how could she take his help in other things? It was quite ...