"More so than I once believed. I had always known that the Moroi vampires had magic, but I didn't believe it was possible for a human to possess it until it was shown to me that I had it myself. I was eighteen. It was a difficult thing for me to process, and at first I tried to deny it, in vain."
Her magic, and her love for Adrian had been the two most important things that had caused her to disregard the teaching of the Alchemists.