>>18485271A crestfallen Priscilla turns away from the crater. The result of what happened here is clear enough. But what exactly did happen? And how? Clearly Gemma and Sapphire's magic was involved.
Then Priscilla remembers the deal Gemma made with her. In addition to replacing everything Miss USA destroyed, she had offered to erect a magical barrier protecting the mansion. There is no doubt Gemma is a woman of her word... and there's no other reason she'd have come to the mansion immediately after Clash in the Kingdom.
The natural conclusion is that Gemma tried to create the barrier as promised, and something went wrong with her spell. But how? How could such an experienced and powerf-
Then it hits Priscilla. Gemma was powered by her husband's... essence. Could depriving her of that by kidnapping him to weaken her before the match be the cause of this?
With no knowledge of what really happened, Priscilla is unable to draw any other conclusion. Convinced that Gemma lost control of her spell due to being weakened, she bursts into tears again as Gustavo rushes across the lawn to comfort her.
As he helps her toward the main entrance, Priscilla says only one thing.
>Jennifer and her mother are dead... and I think it's my fault. 