Board Thread:Wiki News/@comment-2.248.109.177-20141205215617/@comment-26235944-20150423090718

Adalind made a deal with Stefania...remember the contract? The one where Stefania forced Adalind's hand down on it and it caused her hand to burn? That contract was for her baby. Adalind agreed to give Stefania her baby in exchange for getting her powers back. This is what tied Adalind-getting-her-powers-back...to the pregnancy. From the way that Elizabeth talked about the Contaminatio Ritualis, it didn't seem to me that a pregnancy had anything to do with the spell to make it work. Quite the opposite, really...Elizabeth seemed surprised that Adalind went through that spell ritual while she was pregnant. So I don't think that we should assume that the Contaminatio Ritualis spell can only be performed on a pregnant woman. Adalind didn't get her powers back until after giving birth...because that was the deal that she made with Stefania. I assumed that Stefania was skilled enough to somehow time it that way.