"My mother? You knew her?" Em asked, with a hopeful voice. "Yes. I knew Melory and her husband, Dan. I knew they were going to have a child, but after she lost Dan, and went into hiding, no one heard from her again." Celeste signed and carefully made her way over to Em, gently sitting down beside her. I wracked my brain. I had heard that name before. I couldn't remember where I knew that name from, but I know I have heard both of those names before. "My mother would never talk about my father. She always said she just wanted a quiet life, and the only way to a quiet life was to keep to yourself." Em bowed her head. "You don't have any reason to submit to me. I'm not here to harm you. My name is Celeste, I am the matron of the largest and most powerful coven on this side of the world. I

